XL Axiata Corporate Strategy & Business Development Director, Abhijit Navalekar, said, "We are happy to welcome this collaboration, which enables XL Home customers to enjoy the Video Premier service. We intend to turn XL Axiata into a one-stop home entertainment for families in Indonesia. By utilizing XL HOME's super fast and stable internet connection, customers are able to access the best premium contents from Vidio, both local and international, directly on the TV screen, smooth and stable. This cooperation is a form of commitment from XL home towards that goal. In Indonesia, Vidio is known as one of the best providers for both local and international premium contents. We want customers of XL Home to gain maximum benefits, including the best premium contents."
Abhijit explained that one of the reasons XL Axiata chose Vidio was because of its extensive collection of local, national, and international shows and programs, including exclusive broadcast of Liga 1 Indonesia football league, best-selling soap operas, and also original, local TV shows such as the popular Heart and I Love You Baby. Additionally, Vidio also enables internet users in Indonesia to watch 24-hour broadcast of Korean drama, Indian drama, Indonesian drama, to Hollywood, Bollywood, and Asian Movies. Also, families can enjoy 24-hour broadcast of education programs for children. For customers of XL Home, this feature gives them more freedom to choose and watch whichever content they want.
With this cooperation, XL Home customers can now watch Vidio streaming service on their TV without being hampered by inadequate internet connection. For new customers, XL Home offers the HARGA TEMAN promotion that provides up to 30 Mbps of internet speed for IDR 199.000 per month, for 12 months without price increase.
New customers of XL HOME will soon be able to stream Vidio contents through the XL Home Entertainment Box by synchronizing the Vidio application in XL Home. Customers will then have the option to activate a 3-month free service of Vidio Premier Gold, to get the best Indonesian movies and TV series, various Korean drama, as well as Liga 1 broadcaset and other sports programs.
In order to be competitive in the home entertainment services industry, aside from offering a very affordable, super fast, and stable fiber optic home internet connnection, the XL HOME internet plan comes with the XL Home Entertainment Box running the latest Android technology. This technology turns any ordinary TV into a smart TV capable of accessing high-quality entertainment from our world-class partners, including Netflix, CATCHPLAY+, iflix, and various national and international channels through the Vidio application, to YouTube and the diverse collection of apps in Google PlayStore.
XL Home currently has three broadband plans: the Family plan priced at Ro 349.000, the Super User plan priced at Rp 499.000, and the Ultimate plan priced at Rp 999.000, offering unlimited internet with data transfer speed ranging from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps. This quality connection enables customers to access, send, and donwload large amounts of data, stream music, video, and movies, and play online games without hindrance.
Coverage of the XL Home network continues to be expanded according to plan until the end of this year. This expansion of coverage is done as a response towards increasing demand from the public for faster and more stable internet service through broadband fiber connection to homes. XL Home service is now available in 11 municipalities, namely Jakarta, Tangerang, Bekasi, Bogor, Depok, Yogyakarta, Denpasar, Makassar, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, and Banjarbaru.