- CEO
- Rizal Kamil bin Nik Ibrahim Kamil
- Full Time Employees
- 10,500
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecommunications Services
- Address
- Axiata Tower Kuala Lumpur WP Malaysia 50470
- IPO Date
- Feb 9, 2015
- Business
- Axiata Group Berhad Axiata Group Berhad is a Malaysian multinational telecommunications conglomerate that operates as an investment holding company providing telecommunications and related digital services across emerging markets in ASEAN and South Asia. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the company delivers comprehensive mobile, fixed, and converged connectivity solutions for consumer, home, and enterprise segments through its Digital Telcos business; offers digital financial services, data transformation, and fintech innovations via its Digital Businesses segment; and provides end-to-end telecommunications infrastructure including tower leasing, co-locations, energy, transmission, and operations & maintenance services through its Infrastructure division. Its key operating subsidiaries and associates include CelcomDigi Berhad CelcomDigi Berhad in Malaysia, PT XLSmart Telecom Sejahtera Tbk PT XLSmart Telecom Sejahtera Tbk in Indonesia, Dialog Axiata PLC Dialog Axiata PLC in Sri Lanka, Robi Axiata Limited Robi Axiata Limited in Bangladesh, and Smart Axiata Co., Ltd Smart Axiata Co., Ltd in Cambodia, serving over 150 million subscribers with brands focused on mobile voice, data, broadband, pay television, interconnect services, device sales, and digital ecosystems. In recent developments, Axiata advances strategic collaborations through two letters of intent signed with Sinar Mas in January 2025 to explore 5G solutions, enterprise services, digital infrastructure, and fintech across Malaysia and Indonesia, reaffirming the merger of PT XL Axiata with Smartfren and Smart Telcom into PT XLSmart expected to complete in the first half of 2025 pending approvals; additionally, its Dialog Axiata Group committed a further USD 100 million in May 2025 to expand Sri Lanka's digital infrastructure, including 4G enhancements and 5G readiness, bringing cumulative investments to over USD 3.37 billion.