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XL to Push Data Usage

Mar 13, 2008
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If you want to push data usage, what would you do? Eliminate the barriers of entry: modem price, price of BlackBerry handset, notebook ownership, and price for the subscription.

XL is promoting some new bundles - this week is Jakarta's Computer Expo time:

Modem HSPA (yes, they market it as HSPA, not HSDPA) bundling:

Rp 1.5mil (US $170) with an option for 0% 12-month installment
including 3-month free data subscription (250 MB quota), worth Rp 300k
12-month contract

BlackBerry 0% 12-month installment (priced quite competitively), with 3-month free subscription
Notebook bundling, Rp 5mil and you get:

Quantel 10.2" notebook: link
Free modem
Free 3-month data subscription (1 GB quota), worth ~Rp 750k
12-month contract

XL introduced a small data subscription package (expensive if you calculate the per MB charges), Rp 10k for 10 MB and Rp 25k for 25 MB.

Prepaid 3.5G

Mar 10, 2008
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IM2 Prepaid

Indosat launched prepaid broadband wireless service (HSDPA).

Well, not the first technically, because Telkomsel has already lauched 3G/HSDPA service for its Simpati Prepaid. But they are different, Indosat charges the service by volume, while Telkomsel by minute.

The website is not too informative, unfortunately.... http://www.indosatm2.com/index.php/services/indosatnet/prepaid3g. Probably if I download the PDF, I'll understand more. But do I have to download a PDF file and read it through? Why don't put the necessary information in the website.

Probably I'd better call the customer service.... (and put on hold for a couple of hours while they're searching for the correct person to explain the service...)