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Type
  
Headquarters
  
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Number of employees
  
25,000

Industry
  
Founded
  
12 June 1992

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Key people
  
Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim (Managing Director, President & Group Chief Executive Officer)

Products
  
Mobile Network Operation, Network Infrastructure & Digital Internet Company

Revenue
  
MYR 19.9 billion 2015MYR 18.7 billion 2014MYR 18.4 billion 2013

Net income
  
MYR 2.6 billion 2015MYR 2.349 billion 2014MYR 2.55 billion 2013

Stock price
  
AXIATA (KLSE) MYR 4.62 -0.05 (-1.07%)3 Mar, 4:50 PM GMT+8 - Disclaimer

CEO
  
Dato' Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim (3 Mar 2008–)

Motto
  
"Advancing Asia (Menerajui Asia)"

Subsidiaries
  
XL Axiata, Celcom, Robi Axiata Limited, Ncell

Profiles

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Axiata Group Berhad (MYX: 6888), DBA Axiata , is a Malaysian telecommunications conglomerate with extensive operations in Asia.

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The group

Axiata’s primary business is in investment holding and the provision of telecommunication and consultancy services on an international scale. Their main focus being emerging markets in Asia, some with low mobile penetration in South and Southeast Asia.

Formerly known as TM International Bhd (TMI), the company was incorporated on 12 June 1992, and was the mobile and international operations arm of Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM). Following the de-merger of TMI from TM, the company was listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 2008. On 2 April 2009, TMI underwent a rebranding exercise, launching its new name, Axiata, and a new logo.

Their new tagline, Advancing Asia, was also launched, reflecting the direction of the company in focusing their expansion within Asia

Axiata has controlling interests in mobile operators in Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia and recently Nepal with significant strategic stakes in India and Singapore. The Group also has stakes in non-mobile telecommunication operations in Thailand and Pakistan.

Their Board of Directors contains:

  • Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hj. Mokhtar - Chairman, Non-Executive Director
  • Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim - Managing Director/President and Group Chief Executive
  • Tan Sri Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid - Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • Datuk Azzat Kamaludin - Senior Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • David Lau Nai Pek - Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • Bella Ann Almeida - Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • Dr Muhamad Chatib Basri - Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • Kenneth Shen - Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • Dato' Mohd Izzadin Idris - Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director
  • Subsidiary holdings

    In their website in 2016, it was announced that Axiata had over 300 million subscriber across Asia and a Group revenue of MYR19.9 billion (USD4.52 billion) in 2015. It was also reported that the company provided employment to 25,000 people in 10 countries.

    Axiata’s mobile subsidiaries and associates operate under the brand name ‘Celcom’ in Malaysia, ‘XL’ in Indonesia, ‘Dialog’ in Sri Lanka, ‘Robi’ in Bangladesh, ‘Smart’ in Cambodia, ‘Idea’ in India, 'Ncell' in Nepal (acquisition from TeliaSonera completed on 12 April 2016), and ‘M1’ in Singapore.

    References

    Axiata Wikipedia


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