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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Limited Liability Company (PT) XL Axiata working to reduce the growth of BlackBerry handset users the black market "black market" (BM) by offering an official distributor of the handset output which is packed with sales programs together (bundling) with the XL service.

"We try to educate potential customers XL BlackBerry handsets that use the more formal than benefitnya buy from distributors that have not been approved by RIM (Research in Motion, BlackBerry principals)," said Director of Commerce XL Joy Wahyudi, Jakarta, Tuesday (30 / 3 / 2010).

He explained that by reducing the purchase of the BlackBerry PDA, offering BlackBerry handset Gemini Onyx and sold at a discounted rate of 50 percent of the normal monthly subscription price for the six months since the service is activated.

According to him, the number of BlackBerry subscribers through 310,000 XL. This figure increased from late 2009 to reach about 250,000 numbers.

Meanwhile, GM Sales and Internet BlackBerry XL, Handono Warih, said that BlackBerry subscribers increased XL 40,000 per month, but only 5,000 units which is a direct purchase customers at XL. This means that BlackBerry customers jumlha XL eight times larger than its handset buyers.

For that, XL prepared to supply 10 thousand to 20 thousand units Onyx Blackberry handsets are bundled with the tariff promo Blackberry One USD 75,000.00 per month and Gemini BlackBerry blackberry package Gaul Rp 25.000,00 per month. "This program is expected to assist the achievement of reaching targeted customers at the end of 2010 over 400,000," said Warih.