Press Release

November 8, 2007

Indosat Launches Two New BlackBerry Smartphones

BlackBerry Curve 8300 Includes Advanced Multimedia Features; BlackBerry 8800 Includes a Powerful Navigation System

Jakarta, Indonesia - Indosat and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300 and the BlackBerry® 8800 smartphones in Indonesia.

The BlackBerry Curve 8300 is an innovative smartphone designed for customers who want a feature-rich multimedia phone with best-in-class mobile voice and data communication capabilities. It enables people on the move to make calls, send emails, surf the Internet, take and send photographs, listen to music, watch videos, access their organizer, and enjoy a range of other business and leisure applications.

The BlackBerry 8800 will feature i-gps*, a navigation application offered by Indosat that leverages the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone's built-in GPS to display the user's precise location and can provide directions to an address with turn-by-turn navigation. The i-gps application incorporates Garmin Mobile™ and is offered by Indosat in partnership with Garmin International, Inc. and PT Tele Atlas Indonesia.

“Our cooperation with RIM is part of our strategy and commitment to continuously enhance our service to customers,” said Mr. Guntur S. Siboro, Marketing Director at Indosat. “We are excited at the launch of these smartphones, as they are instrumental in providing the rich mobile experience that today’s mobile users are seeking.”

Another software application named i-stock will also be offered by Indosat and will be available to mobile users on both the BlackBerry 8800 and BlackBerry Curve 8300 smartphones. i-stock is a financial application that stems from Indosat’s partnership with PT Limas Centric Indonesia TBK. The application allows users to receive local stock market exchange information such as market summaries, active stock status, news and other financial information.

“We are pleased to be working with Indosat to introduce the BlackBerry Curve 8300 and the BlackBerry 8800 smartphones to Indosat customers in Indonesia,” said Mr. Norm Lo, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Research In Motion. “Our latest product offerings deliver an impressive combination of performance and design. The advanced multimedia features of the BlackBerry Curve and the built-in GPS with the BlackBerry 8800 add highly valuable dimensions to the user experience.”

The BlackBerry Curve 8300: Staying Connected to the People and Information that Matter Most
The BlackBerry Curve 8300 features a smooth and comfortable handset design. It offers exceptional email, messaging, browsing and phone features, along with advanced multimedia capabilities, a 2 megapixel camera, an easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard and RIM's intuitive trackball navigation system. It includes a microSD expansion memory slot that supports both microSD and microSDHC memory cards. Bluetooth® 2.0 support is also integrated for use with hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals.  

The BlackBerry 8800: Mapping Data, Turn-by-Turn Navigation Now in Indonesia
The new, elegant BlackBerry 8800 smartphone includes an easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard and a range of powerful capabilities including exceptional email, messaging, browsing and phone features, an advanced media player, a microSD expansion memory slot that supports both microSD and microSDHC memory cards, as well as built-in GPS, making it easy for users to find addresses, track locations and get both visual routes as well as step-by-step driving directions with i-gps.

Both of the BlackBerry smartphones feature a large, high-resolution display with light sensing technology to automatically adjust display and keyboard backlighting for different environments and a trackball that makes it easy for users to navigate applications.

The BlackBerry Curve 8300 and the BlackBerry 8800 will be available from Indosat in early November at a recommended retail price of IDR 6.2 million and IDR 6.6 million respectively (including VAT).

For more information, please visit www.matrix-centro.com.

* i-gps covers the greater Jakarta area and detailed maps of Java and Bali islands.

About Indosat
Indosat Tbk is a leading telecommunication and information service provider in Indonesia that provides cellular services (Mentari, Matrix and IM3), fixed telecommunications or fixed voice service (IDD service such as IDD 001, IDD 008 and FlatCall 01016 and fixed wireless access such as StarOne and I-Phone). Indosat also provides fixed data (MIDI) services through Indosat and its subsidiary companies, Indosat Mega Media (IM2) and Lintasarta. In addition, Indosat provides 3.5 G cellular service with HSDPA technology. Indosat's shares are listed in the Jakarta and Surabaya Stock Exchange (JSX:ISAT) and its American Depository Shares are listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:IIT).

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications.  RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data.  RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements.  Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.  RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM).  For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

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