Robi Axiata Limited is a subsidiary company of the Asian telecom giant, Axiata Group Berhad,based in Malaysia. Other shareholders in the entity are Bharti Airtel International (Singapore) Pte Ltd and NTT DOCOMO Inc. The company commenced operation in 1997 as Telekom Malaysia International (Bangladesh) with the brand name ‘Aktel’. In 2010, it was rebranded as ‘Robi’ and the company changed its name to Robi Axiata Limited. Following the merger with Airtel Bangladesh, the merged company,
Robi Axiata Limited (“Robi”) started its commercial operation on November 16, 2016.