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Pew’s Survey: Only 24% of Indonesians Have Accessed Internet, 15% of Them Use Smartphone

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Indonesian penetration in ICT scene has been somewhat interesting lately. The unique challenges faced by it, such as the area width, density of people, and people’s education level, contributes to this. Pew survey institution recently published that there are only 24 percent of Indonesian population getting connected to internet (at least once in their life), and only 15 percent of them possessing at least one smartphone. The survey was conducted between April-May 2014 with Indonesians aged above 18 years old as the respondents. Continue reading Pew’s Survey: Only 24% of Indonesians Have Accessed Internet, 15% of Them Use Smartphone →

Telkomsel Boasts 40 Million Customers Use Internet Service

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Telkomsel starts to share information on their customers’ statistics. As cited from Vivanews, from 103 million registered users (according to Wireless Intelligence data), 40 million of them or almost 40% has subscribed data package to access internet. As explained by Heru Sukendro, General Manager, Device Bundling Management of Telkomsel, from 40 million users subscribing data package for internet, 3.5 million of them are BlackBerry users while 6 million others are broadband (Internet modem) users.

From the revenue perpective, Telkomsel got quite big chunk from BlackBerry users. In general, Kartu Halo users (who use BlackBerry Internet Service) spend IDR 350.000 for a month, while the scheme for Simpati and Kartu As spend about IDR 200.000 and IDR 125.000 for a month. As comparison, ARPU of Telkomsel modem broadband users is IDR 70.000 for a month. Telkomsel’s ARPU in general based on Wireless Intelligent data is $13.69 ( IDR 121.000).

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StatCounter: BlackBerry Defeats Symbian in Indonesia for Internet Access

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StatCounter as an independent agency, tracked the statistics of Internet access, have a web app called GlobalStats. If we look at the data captured by StatCounter in Indonesia, there was a monumental shift in June 2011. For the first time, accessing the Internet via BlackBerry beat Symbian-based phones. The margin is very small, only the decimal part of the 38% share. In movement, the value that is owned by BlackBerry phones has not increased significantly, but Symbian has decreased quite dramatically. From 52% value in May 2011, Symbian fallen to 38% in June 2011.

In comparison, for the month of June 2011, globally Symbian is still leading the way for Internet access with a value of 33%. IOS, Android, and BlackBerry trailed with a value of 20%, 18%, and 12%. Globally there is an upward trend for Symbian and Android, while the downward trend is obtained for iPhone and BlackBerry.

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StatCounter: BlackBerry Kalahkan Symbian di Indonesia untuk Pengaksesan Internet

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StatCounter sebagai lembaga independen yang men-track statistik pengaksesan Internet memiliki suatu web app yang disebut sebagai GlobalStats. Jika kita tilik data yang ditangkap oleh StatCounter di Indonesia, ternyata ada pergeseran monumental di bulan Juni 2011. Untuk pertama kalinya pengaksesan Internet via BlackBerry mengalahkan ponsel berbasis Symbian. Margin-nya sangat kecil, hanya bagian desimal dari share 38%. Secara pergerakan, value yang dimiliki oleh ponsel BlackBerry tidak bertambah signifikan, tapi ponsel Symbian mengalami penurunan yang cukup drastis. Dari nilai 52% di bulan Mei 2011, ponsel Symbian tumbang ke angka 38% di bulan Juni 2011.

Sebagai perbandingan, untuk bulan Juni 2011 secara global Symbian masih memimpin untuk pengaksesan Internet dengan nilai 33%. iOS, Android, dan BlackBerry membuntuti dengan nilai masing-masing 20%, 18%, dan 12%. Secara global ada tren kenaikan untuk Symbian dan Android, sementara diperoleh tren penurunan untuk iPhone dan BlackBerry.

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