Jakarta, 15 July 2021. PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL Axiata) once again received public recognition through the 2021 Selular Awards. In this event, XL Axiata won two awards at once, namely Most Innovative Data Package for the “XL SATU Fiber” package and Best Home Internet for XL HOME. The award presentation was held virtually in Jakarta last week.
Director & Chief Commercial Officer – Home and Enterprise of XL Axiata, Abhijit Navalekar stated, “We are very grateful to be able to win two awards at once for our fiber products, especially “XL SATU Fiber” that is our latest convergence product which was launched earlier this year. This is an appreciation for XL Axiata's hard work and efforts to continue to provide the best and innovative services.”
According to Abhijit, during this prolonged pandemic, XL Axiata sees that subscriber needs for data services are very high. This encourages him to be able to present innovative data packages, which can meet the needs of subscribers and the community when they are at home and outside the home, with the same excellent network quality.
“XL SATU Fiber” is an innovative product from XL HOME and XL Prepaid. This product is also the first convergence service in Indonesia, which allows subscribers to get fiber optic-based services as well as cellular services in one product. In addition, through “XL SATU Fiber”, all family members can also enjoy the prepaid quota sharing service feature that can be used when all family members are doing activities outside the home. With the success of “XL SATU Fiber” in winning an award, it is one of the parameters that “XL SATU Fiber” product is successfully accepted by subscribers and the public.
Meanwhile, for XL HOME service, since its launch in December 2018, this service which targets family segment subscribers has received a very good response from the public. In the last one year period, the number of home-passed increased by 100% to 540 thousand. Meanwhile, from the network side, the expansion of the network coverage area is also continuing as planned, and is currently present in 19 cities in Indonesia.
The Selular Awards is an award event initiated by Selular Media Network as a form of appreciation for the technology industry (ICT) players in the country. Titled "Accelerate Digital Business Transformation". The 2021 Selular Award poll involved 878 respondents consisting of employees, housewives, university students and school students. This poll was conducted online and participated by readers spread across major cities such as DKI Jakarta, Tangerang, Central Java, West Java, Palembang, Lampung, Padang and Kalimantan.
2021 Indonesia Best CSR Award
XL Axiata won an award at the 2021 Indonesia Best CSR Awards for the category of "Outstanding Program in Innovative Digital Transformation". This award was given because XL Axiata was assessed because since the beginning of the pandemic it has always been committed to assisting the government in dealing with the pandemic by providing digital services for the community such as providing telecommunication network strengthening services at referral hospitals, assisting vaccination programs, providing telecommunication access to obtain needs for blood donation, convalescent plasma, medicines and other necessities during the pandemic.
The Indonesia Best CSR Award is an award event initiated by Warta Ekonomi which is given to private companies in various sectors that have successfully implemented corporate social responsibility programs very well, especially with the challenges in the Covid-19 pandemic era. The 2021 Indonesia Best CSR Award takes the theme of New Normal Sustainability with the hope that private companies in various existing sectors can continue to improve the implementation of corporate social responsibility programs with various challenges and increasingly modern adaptation methods to face the new era of the economy in Indonesia.