XL Expands BlackBerry Data Service to US and Australia

To support BlackBerry’s Internet Service, Indonesian telco XL Axiata is cooperating with AT&T in the US and Telstra in Australia to expand Blackberry’s flat data roaming service, launching Blackberry Prepaid Roaming for both countries.

XL previously conducted some trials among participants of the BlackBerry World Conference in Orlando, Florida from May 3 – 5, 2011. XL hopes to improve its service with the feedback obtained from these participants. The prepaid roaming service can now be enjoyed by XL Blackberry customers in the US and Australia at a cost of only US$6 per day once the user is registered.

Blackberry XL prepaid roaming service is also available in nine other countries, namely Japan, HongKong, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Macau, and Taiwan.

As one of the biggest telco companies in Indonesia, XL now has 880,000 subscribers for its Blackberry service. It’s competing with other telecom companies such as Telkomsel. With improved network infrastructure and expanding cooperation, XL hopes to give better service to accommodate the needs of its customers, where ever they may be.

Source: Republika