- CEO
- Rizal Kamil bin Nik Ibrahim Kamil
- Full Time Employees
- 10,500
- Sector
- Communications
- Industry
- Wireless telecommunications
- Address
- Axiata Tower Kuala Lumpur WP Malaysia 50470
- IPO Date
- Dec 12, 2007
- Business
- Axiata Group Berhad (6888.KL) is a leading telecommunications conglomerate focused on investment holding and the provision of mobile, fixed broadband, infrastructure, digital financial services, and related consultancy services across emerging markets in ASEAN and South Asia. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the company operates through its triple core businesses—Digital Telcos, Digital Businesses, and Infrastructure—delivering comprehensive mobile, fixed, and converged connectivity solutions for consumer, home, and enterprise segments; digital financial services and data transformation platforms such as Boost; and end-to-end telecommunications infrastructure including towers and fiber via its subsidiary edotco Group. It holds controlling stakes in key mobile operators, including CelcomDigi in Malaysia, XL Axiata in Indonesia, Dialog Axiata in Sri Lanka, Robi Axiata in Bangladesh, Smart Axiata in Cambodia, and Ncell in Nepal, serving over 175 million subscribers across 10 countries. Recent developments include a strategic partnership with Sinar Mas announced in January 2025 through two memorandums of understanding to advance 5G solutions, business services, digital infrastructure, and fintech across Southeast Asia, with a targeted $7 million transaction supporting regional digital transformation; shareholder approval in March 2025 for the merger of XL Axiata and Smartfren Telecom into PT XLSmart Telecom Sejahtera Tbk, aiming for completion in the first half of 2025 with joint 34.8% ownership by Axiata and Sinar Mas; and a commitment in May 2025 by Dialog Axiata to invest an additional USD 100 million in Sri Lanka's 4G expansion and 5G infrastructure development.