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Axiata Group has made two key appointments for its business services and information security, as part of its transformation efforts into a “new generation digital champion.” The Malaysia–based telecoms conglomerate has recently appointed Asri Hassan Sabri –…
Malaysia’s Axiata Group has reported a strong 115.5% year-on-year surge in Q2 profit to 479.1 million ringgit ($112.2 million) due in part to record-high revenue. Group revenue increased 13.9% year-on-year and 3% sequentially to 6.1 billion ringgit, despite…
Cambodia’s Smart Axiata has launched 4.5G mobile connectivity in the country in collaboration with Huawei. The launch supports speeds 10 times faster than those available over normal 4G, the companies said. Smart Axiata will also potentially be able to use…
Axiata Group and iflix, a subscription video on demand service provider, have inked a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the expansion of their strategic collaboration to provide entertainment to Axiata’s more than 125 million customers…
Dialog Axiata has expanded its partnership with Netcracker by using Netcracker’s Customer Billing Management solution to consolidate billing across all lines of business into a single platform. This expansion will bring Dialog’s retail and enterprise…
The partners inked the deal for Axiata Business Services to purchase the remaining capacity on IPSTAR over Indonesia to deliver Axiata’s operating company, PT XL Axiata Tbk (“XL”), more than 1 Gbps High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity for the provision of…
Malaysia’s Axiata Group has signed a four-year agreement to lease capacity over Thaicom’s IPSTAR-1 satellite for the provision of broadband services in Indonesia. Subsidiary Axiata Business Services will purchase the remaining capacity on the broadband…
Bangladesh’s Robi Axiata is gearing up to launch 4G services after completing a successful trial of the technology in conjunction with Ericsson. The operator conducted an LTE demonstration using a combination of 1800-MHz and 2100-MHz spectrum in Bangladesh’s…
Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata boosted its net profit for FY16 by 74% year-on-year to 9 billion rupees ($59.4 million), recording strong growth across all its business segments. The operator reported total revenue of 86.7 billion rupees, up 17% year-on-year, with…
Indonesia’s XL Axiata swung back to a 376 billion rupiah ($28.1 million) profit in 2016, as the company benefited from its $250 million tower sale and a stronger rupiah. The sale of 2,500 telecoms towers to local tower operator Protelindo, announced in March,…
Malaysia’s Axiata Group has arranged to sell a 34.1% stake in its wholly-owned telecommunications infrastructure services division edotco Group for $600 million. The operator will place $400 million worth of primary shares with Innovation Network Corporation…
Cambodia’s Smart Axiata announced it has deployed an SMS spam filtering and A2P SMS monetization platform from 365squared for its more than 8 million customers. The operator is using the 365secure service to continuously monitor and filer SMS traffic from any…
Malaysia-based Axiata Group has reported an 8.6% growth in revenue for the first nine months of the year, due in part to strong growth from the South Asia region. Total revenue reached 15.8 billion ringgit ($3.55 billion), with ebitda up 13.4% to 6 billion…
Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata has reported a 19% increase in revenue for the first nine months of the year to 64 billion rupees ($430.9 million) as a result of a temporary suspension of value-added tax (VAT) and strong growth momentum across the operator’s…
Axiata Group has no plans to downsize its operations in any of its eight markets, according to CEO Jamaludin Ibrahim. Last months, reports suggested that the company is considering selling stakes in its Indonesian, Cambodian and Sri Lankan operations, leading…
Indonesia’s Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has ordered telecommunication operators Indosat Ooredoo and XL Axiata to provide more details concerning the establishment of their joint venture One Indonesia Synergy. The KPPU suspects that both…
