Jamaludin Ibrahim

Axiata and edotco seal US$600 mil deal with INCJ and Khazanah
INCJ will be investing up to US$400 mil in new edotco shares while Axiata will be divesting US$200 mil of edotco shares to Khazanah The deal may lift some pressure off edotco's IPO plan  
Axiata's profit takes a sharp dive in Q3 2016
Celcom registered quarter-on-quarter growth in service revenue, but profits continue to decline XL managed to return to black, thanks to refinancing its USD debt  to rupiah
Shazalli steps down as Celcom CEO to take on bigger role in Axiata
Celcom has announced that Shazalli Ramly will step down as CEO to take on a bigger role within the Axiata Group, as part of a major senior management reshuffle.
Axiata adamant that Celcom won’t be affected by smaller spectrum allocation
Axiata is determined that its Malaysian subsidiary Celcom will not be affected by the smaller portion of spectrum it is being allocated under a refarming exercise, despite the fact that it will have to spend more on capital expenditure.
Revenue at all-time high for Axiata in 2015
Axiata Group posted a 7.8% growth in net profit for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2015, partly helped by forex gains and strong performances from its Sri Lankan, Cambodian and Indian units.
Urgent need to allocate spectrum, governments warned
At the start of the WRC-15 treaty negotiations, the GSMA called on governments across the world to allocate the spectrum required to drive the continued global growth of mobile broadband.
Axiata needs Celcom and XL to perform, or will miss targets
Regional telecommunications group Axiata Group Bhd will need its two largest operating companies – Malaysia’s Celcom Axiata Bhd and Indonesia’s PT XL Axiata Tbk – to make a strong comeback in the second half, or the group may miss its 2015 targets.
Slugfest: Malaysia’s Big 3 mobile operators’ FY 2014 performance
Who’s winning the celco war in Malaysia? DNA editor Goh Thean Eu gets fiscal and crunches the 2014 numbers from Celcom, Digi and Maxis.
Axiata’s bumpy IT transformation programme: Lessons learnt
Axiata president and group CEO Jamaludin Ibrahim comes clean on Celcom’s IT transformation programme that caused it to lose customers and dealers, and the lessons the group learned from it. Goh Thean Eu has the story.
Big 3 support call to lower broadband charges: MCMC
Service providers are supportive of Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek’s call for more affordable broadband prices, according to Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Dr Halim Shafie.
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