Indonesia wants slice of BlackBerry pie

Source:The Globe and Mail

A firebrand Indonesian government minister who has called on Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM-T62.09-0.96-1.52%) to block porn access on its BlackBerry smart phones said the country also wanted a slice of the firm’s growing revenue.

Communications and Information Minister Tiffatul Sembiring, in a series of comments made mostly on Twitter, said Indonesia’s 3 million BlackBerry users led to revenue for the Canadian firm of 2.27 trillion rupiah ($251-million U.S.) a year but nothing for the state.