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Initially, XL provided cellular mobile telephony services using the GSM 900 technology. A few years after launching services, the company was awarded a license for implementing a DCS 1800 network, and to operate an ISP and VoIP service. In 2006, XL obtained a 3G license, which services launched in September of the same year.
At the end of 2010, the company had more than 22,000 BTS towers across Indonesia.[6] XL is the second largest mobile network operator in Indonesia, with a subscriber's strength of 55.1 million users.[7]
Shares of XL surged in May 2019, one day after Axiata Group announced talks with Norway's Telenor aimed at combining their Asian operations.[8]
Excelcomindo was established on October 6, 1989 under the name of PT Grahametropolitan Lestari and originally was a trading and general services company.[9] XL became the first private mobile services operator in the country, starting commercial operations on October 8, 1996. In 2009, XL was bought by the Axiata Group which caused a change of logos. The XL letters were made blue (the blue and green version was also used), and an Axiata tag was added on to the logo. On October 28, 2014, XL launched the new logo with the launch of Real Mobile 4G LTE network service. On October 5, 2016, to commemorate XL's 20th anniversary, XL changed its logo colour from yellow and green to blue and green, similar to the colour in the first XL logo.
Original XL logo used from 8 October 1996 until 25 June 2004.
Pro XL logo used from 1998 until 25 June 2004.
Previous XL logo used from 25 June 2004 until 28 October 2014. This version had the logo italized in September 2006 and an Axiata tag was added on to the logo on 8 June 2009.
XL logo used from 28 October 2014 until 5 October 2016.
Telekom Malaysia, Mora Telematika and XL Axiata has been working cooperatively to build a high-bandwidth fibre-optic submarine cable, which will stretch 400 kilometers, between the state of Malacca and Batam, through Dumai, with a total cost of $7.6 million USD.[10]
Led by Huawei Marine Networks, the cables were completed on Q4 2011.[11]
XL Axiata, in partnership with Nextgen Group and 3 other partners, built the Australia-Singapore Cable to connect Australia, Indonesia and Singapore. XL Axiata has a submarine beach cable facility and submarine cable landing station in Anyer, Banten to connect the Australia-Singapore Cable to Indonesia.[12]
