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| Formerly | Mobile-8 Telecom (2002-2011) |
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| Company type | Public |
| IDX: FREN | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | 2 December 2002; 22 years ago (2 December 2002) |
| Headquarters | Jl. H. Agus Salim No. 45, Jakarta Pusat Jakarta,Indonesia |
Key people | Merza Fachys (CEO) |
| Revenue |  Rp 6.987 trillion (2019) |
| Rp -2.187 trillion (2019) | |
| Total assets | Rp 27.65 trillion (2019) |
| Total equity | Rp 12.735 trillion (2019) |
| Owner | Sinar Mas(merger withXL Axiata pending) |
| Website | www |
PT Smartfren Telecom Tbk, commonly known asSmartfren (stylized in all-lowercase), formerly known asPT Mobile 8 Telecom Tbk, is anIndonesia-based wireless network operator headquartered inCentral Jakarta. It is owned by Indonesian conglomerateSinar Mas under the company PT Sinar Mas Komunikasi Teknologi. Smartfren operates exclusively using a4GLTE network after shifting away fromCDMA technologies in 2014. As of 2018, Smartfren has 10.1 million active subscribers,[1] making them the fifth-largest wireless carrier in the country.[2]
Smartfren provides wireless voice (viaVoLTE) and data services in Indonesia, which it claims is available in over 200 cities. In 2015, the company launched theirLTE Advanced network, becoming the first in the country to do so.[3]
On 11 December 2024, Smartfren announced that it will merge withXL Axiata for IDR 104 trillion or USD 6,5 billion, creating the country's new telecommunication powerhouse. The merger with make Smartfren absorbed into the new entity called XLSmart Telecom Sejahtera, while the merger will be occur in the first half of 2025. The Smartfren-branded services will continue to operate within the new entity, along with XL andAxis.[4]
Smartfren partnered with someChina-basedsmartphone manufacturers such asHisense,Haier andZTE to produce smart devices under theSmartfren Andromax brand. These phones operate on eitherCDMA 2000 1x or LTE on the newer models. They use the following naming scheme:
More recently, they also launched the E, Q and R models which have LTE capability; and the E2 and R2 models which supported VoLTE.
