[LROBLES46]

I have BIS on my country, it's probably the most popular service (> 90%)

BIS data plan 3G, 1,000mb: $20
BIS data plan 4G, 3,000mb: $50
Movistar Ecuador

[FFR]

Would be interested to know how much longer RIM intend to provide their BIS service before they withdraw it entirely.

Any thoughts....?

Until it no longer generates a profit.

[belfastdispatcher]

Until it no longer generates a profit.

BlackBerry is the only company that make a profit from the used market, buy an old BB, put a BIS sim in it and you're making BB profit.

[bizdudePB]

Unless something drastic changes it will be YEARS before all 70 million BB users have switched.

But the truth is BIS has been a huge advantage for BlackBerry in developing markets where data plans are very expensive. As long as these markets exist and there is a demand for a BIS enabled BlackBerry with special low cost monthly plans - BBRY will build BBOS devices. But markets all over the world are changing and they are maturing, as they do so users are finding BBOS devices "behind the times" just like users in more developed markets did years ago. So BIS days are number...

I wonder if they might get that cheap Foxconn BB10 device to work with BIS? Since they are planning to use it in an emerging market in Asia, so that the data costs can be low. I think BB uses much less data bandwidth when going through BIS.