Indonesia mobile carriers turn sights to AI as price war ends

XL Axiata-Smartfren merger turns page for world's fourth-largest mobile market

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The merger between XL Axiata and Smartfren Telecom reduces the number of mobile carriers in Indonesia to three. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri)

TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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