Axiata Group Berhad is the emerging leader in Asian mobile telecommunications. The Group, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the region, has extensive operations and businesses in 10 countries in Asia. The Group currently has controlling interests in its mobile communications operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Cambodia as well as strategic stakes in India, Singapore, Iran, Pakistan and Thailand through its various subsidiaries and affiliates. The Axiata story has been a remarkable one – incorporated in Malaysia on 12 June 1992 as a private limited company under the name Telekom Malaysia International Sdn. Bhd., it commenced business in 1994 as a division within Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), focusing on expanding the Group's footprint primarily through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). On 12 December 2007, the Company was converted into a public company bearing the name TM International Berhad (TMI).