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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison eyes growth in digital services, home broadband post-merger

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Published Mon, Jan 1, 2024 · 05:00 AM
    • Vikram Sinha, CEO of telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, says that even as the company sets out to achieve new targets, its core connectivity business is not going to take a back seat.
    • Vikram Sinha, CEO of telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, says that even as the company sets out to achieve new targets, its core connectivity business is not going to take a back seat. PHOTO: IOH

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    AFTER more than a year since its merger, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) wants to leverage its enhanced scale and synergies to branch out into new growth opportunities – in fixed home-broadband and digital services.

    The company was established in 2022 following the merger of Indonesian telecommunications providers Indosat and Hutchison 3 Indonesia, then the third- and fourth-largest telcos in the country respectively.

    When the merger was first floated, analysts had doubts about whether it would succeed, chief executive officer Vikram Sinha recalled during a recent interview with The Business Times.

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