JAKARTA. Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring is scheduled on Monday to meet members of House of Representatives Commission I to discuss BlackBerry smartphone services in Indonesia.

“Since it’s a closed meeting, the statement from the government will be made through Communications and IT Minister Tifatul Sembiring at 2 p.m. today during the hearing at the House,” ministry spokesman Gatot S. Dewa Broto said Monday.

As reported earlier, the Communications and IT Ministry plans to hold a meeting today with RIM, the manufacturer of the BlackBerry handsets and telecommunications network, before the scheduled meeting with the House.

The meeting will discuss RIM’s commitment to filter pornographic content. Should it refuse, the government has threatened to disable BlackBerry services.

According to Gatot, today RIM is also expected to submit a timeline for the development of a data center in Indonesia.

The meeting will be attended by, among others, Post data source and Informatics Director General Muhammad Yustiawan, Post and Informatics Management Director General Sukri Batubara, Informatics Application Director General Aswin Sasongko, RIM Asia Pacific managing director Gregory Wade, Goverment relations director Jasson Sounderson, Canada Embassy Commercial Attache Richard Belle and RIM Southeast Asia senior public relations manager Oliver Pilgerstorfer.

However, Communications and IT Minister Tifatul Sembiring is not scheduled to attend the meeting with RIM. (The Jakarta Post)

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