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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Limited Liability Company (PT) XL Axiata effort to reduce the user's BlackBerry handset market growth in the dark "black market" (BM) by offering a handset output authorized distributors are packed with sales programs together (bundling) with XL service.

"We try to educate potential customers XL BlackBerry handsets that use the more formally the benefit compared with buying from a distributor that has not been recognized by the 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 a BlackBerry BM, offering BlackBerry handsets Gemini Onyx and sold at a discounted rate of 50 percent of its normal monthly subscription price during 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 BlackBerry Internet XL, Handono Warih, XL said that BlackBerry subscribers increased 40,000 per month, but only 5,000 units which represents customers buy directly at XL. This means that BlackBerry customers jumlha XL eight times larger than its handset buyers.

For that, XL prepare supply 10 thousand to 20 thousand units for Blackberry handsets are bundled with the tariff Onyx promo Blackberry One USD 75000.00 per month and BlackBerry Gemini with Blackberry package Gaul USD 25000.00 per month. "This program is expected to help achieve the targeted customer reach over 400,000 end of 2010," said Warih.