JAKARTA -- Indonesian mobile carriers have shifted focus to artificial intelligence and other ways to add value, as a merger promises to end the fierce price competition that left companies with razor thin profit margins at best.
XL Axiata-Smartfren merger turns page for world's fourth-largest mobile market

The merger between XL Axiata and Smartfren Telecom reduces the number of mobile carriers in Indonesia to three. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri)
JAKARTA -- Indonesian mobile carriers have shifted focus to artificial intelligence and other ways to add value, as a merger promises to end the fierce price competition that left companies with razor thin profit margins at best.