With Local Server, the BlackBerry Can Cheap Rates
AFP - Jakarta, The development of discourse
about blocking access to the BlackBerry in Indonesia
can be used as
urgent momentum to Research in Motion (RIM) to want to build a local server.
Indeed, this would benefit all parties. Gideon Edie Purnomo, Vice President of Channel Management
Telkomsel, judging step
government to consider blocking access to the BlackBerry in Indonesia still
sense.
"I think it is still valid, still makes
reasonable discourse. As government regulators would have
obligation to protect state security.
Moreover, RIM's business in Indonesia, indeed
should meet local regulations," he said on ITGazine
, Thursday (5 / 8 / 2010).
As described Gideon, when BlackBerry users
Indonesia
communications data, none of the traffic stop by the local
operator. The operator simply be an intermediary, because
all data traffic directly channeled to the server
RIM in Canada.
Well, that became the problem, he added, communications
such data could be misused for various purposes which
could threaten national security.
government, too, so do not have access to
track, if for example, there are terrorists or criminals
banks included in the list to find people
(DPO) to communicate data via BlackBerry
.
"RIM should not transparent. Therefore, there is the possibility
data communication via BlackBerry
abused to threaten national security
because the server is not transparent and
exist in other countries, "said Gideon.
Joint Solution To
no protracted problems, Gideon
offer a solution. He said, RIM must
transparent open server in Canada for
accessible government. Another solution is to create a mirroring
local server in Indonesia.
"If RIM wants to build a local server,
operators and users also benefit because the fare is cheaper
can access over a network without the need for international
first," he said.
With the construction of a local server, according to calculations
Gideon, BlackBerry subscription rates in
Indonesia can go down at least one-eighth more
of existing tariffs. "Yes, can roughly
down 12%," he said.
In completing this case, the government and RIM
also advised to take a decision
equally wise and
mutually benefit all parties.
"I think if RIM
to the wishes of the government, of course, RIM's business in Indonesia will also be much easier
again.
logic like that," said Gideon.
According to RIM's six-operator partners,
BlackBerry users in Indonesia has reached 1.5 million subscribers
. This number grows very rapidly
. Last year,
lonjakannya can penetrate 500%.
Dengan jumlah pelanggan yang terus bertambah
dan trafiknya yang kian tinggi, Gideon menilai,
memang sudah saatnya RIM
mempertimbangkan untuk membangun server
lokal.
(detikINET.com)
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