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- The world badminton championships held by Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata
Group) in collaboration with the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) and
Total Sports Asia (TSA), has now been entered in the preliminary round.
The
match is also supported by XL Axiata (XL) and Celcom (Axiata Group
operating companies in Indonesia and Malaysia), the already underway in
Surabaya since March 21, 2013 last.Axiata
Cup 2013 action featuring professional badminton players from six
countries, for four weeks in Surabaya, Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. This
championship was followed by a variety of the best badminton players
from several ASEAN countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,
Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. Axiata
Cup 2013 will also feature a number of the world's best badminton
players representing the team's All-Star All-Star Europe and Asia.Director
of Marketing XL, Nicanor V Santiago III stated, "Implementation of
Axiata Cup 2013 in the city of Surabaya is a strong commitment and XL
Axiata to support the government in providing exciting badminton
competition, with a tempting prize of Rp 9.6 billion. So as to encourage the enthusiasm of the people of Indonesia to the sport of badminton. With
the presence of players world-class badminton players, we believe the
people of Indonesia, especially in Surabaya will be keen to watch the
Axiata Cup. "Women badminton players are also included in Axiata Cup in 2013 in single and mixed doubles categories. With
the addition of these categories, then Axiata Cup 2013 will consist of
four categories, namely men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles
and mixed doubles. And for the first time in the history of the BAC, carried home and away games or home and away.Preliminary round held at DBL Arena Surabaya on 21-24 March 2013 and on 29 to 31 March. The final round will be held on 13 and 14 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The match can be watched live on TV One, or via live streaming at www.axiatacup.tv. Moreover,
the spirit of the fans to pump badminton, XL also held a variety of
quizzes with prizes watching Axiata Cup Final 2013 in Kuala Lumpur. To follow, simply follow Twitter XL: @ xl123 or Facebook: XL Rame.About XLXL is one of the leading telecommunication companies in Indonesia. Started
commercial operation since October 8, 1996, XL today is cellular
service provider with a broad network across Indonesia and qualified for
retail customers (Consumer Solutions) and solutions for corporate
customers (Business Solutions). XL is the only operator that has an extensive fiber optic network. XL
launched XL 3G on 21 September 2006, based on 3G mobile
telecommunications services first are the fastest and largest in
Indonesia. XL
is majority owned by Axiata Group Berhad ("Axiata Group") through
Axiata Investments (Indonesia) Sdn Bhd (66.549%) and and public
(33.451%). As
part of Axiata Group with Robi together (Bangladesh), HELLO (Cambodia),
Idea (India), MTCE (Iran), Celcom (Malaysia), Multinet (Pakistan), M1
(Singapore), SIM (Thailand) and Dialog (Sri Lanka), became the best in the region.