Telefonica has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Axiata Enterprise, the B2B unit of Southeast Asia’s Axiata group, to benefit from their joint scale, combined expertise and market presence. Under the terms of the deal, Axiata Enterprise will be joining the Telefonica Partners Program, an initiative launched in 2011 and now covering a total of 65 markets in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
Axiata Enterprise is the first Asian partner to join the initiative, covering 11 markets in the region, with the companies pledging to collaborate in strategic areas to promote growth and capture synergies. Their main aim is to help customers digitalise and make their businesses more competitive with a focus on services including cybersecurity, cloud and IoT/Big Data.
They will also pool resources to extend and develop new vertical offerings to industry segments such as agriculture and food, mining, energy or transport. Additionally, the companies intend to share their expertise in the B2B value chain and cooperate in strategic projects while exploring synergies in the international wholesale telecommunications market and other areas.
