XLSMART Partners with Tencent to Consolidate Cloud, AI and Data Platforms Post-Merger
The merged operator XL Axiata–Smartfren says the partnership consolidates IT infrastructure from two organizations to accelerate service innovation and reliability.
XLSMART, the operator formed from the XL Axiata–Smartfren merger, announced a partnership with Tencent on October 29 to consolidate its cloud, AI and data platforms. Director and CITO Yessie D. Yosetya said the collaboration stems from the need to consolidate the IT infrastructures of the two merged organizations, with the goal of accelerating service innovation and improving reliability.
Post-merger platform consolidations of this scale typically run for years, spanning customer archives, contracts, vendor invoices and duplicated business processes from both legacy networks.
For Indonesia's telecom sector, the deal marks one of the largest cloud-and-AI consolidations in the domestic market, with Tencent as the principal technology partner. The choice of an external partner for core consolidation also signals how Indonesian operators are structuring their AI-era infrastructure builds.