Promises and Penalties

Indonesia insisted that Research in Motion build its server here. The Canada-based BlackBerry maker however chose Singapore.

December 28, 2011

At a meeting held here on a Thursday three weeks ago, Research in Motion (RIM) must have felt at some point it was being put on trial. Conducted on the 13th floor of the Sapta Pesona building in Central Jakarta, four committee members of the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI) and officials from the Communication and Information Ministry bombarded the BlackBerry maker with tough questions.

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