Why Telecoms Need AI Integration, Not Just AI Pilots
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison moved AI into EBITDA inside 12 months of a major merger — and the enabling step wasn't a platform purchase, it was certifying 2,000+ employees (roughly 75% of the workforce) in AI. They then aimed those trained people at exactly four leverage points: hyper-personalized customer engagement, hyperlocalized sales and distribution, AI-driven network investment decisions, and support function productivity. Note what's missing: no mention of a hundred pilots — four focus areas and a certified workforce.
“We see the same pattern on every floor we deploy on: the gap is rarely the model, it's the 75% of your people who were never trained to use it — and untrained adoption is why most AI spend never shows up on a P&L line.”
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison moved AI into EBITDA inside 12 months of a major merger — and the enabling step wasn't a platform purchase, it was certifying 2,000+ employees (roughly 75% of the workforce) in AI. They then aimed those trained people at exactly four leverage points: hyper-personalized customer engagement, hyperlocalized sales and distribution, AI-driven network investment decisions, and support function productivity. Note what's missing: no mention of a hundred pilots — four focus areas and a certified workforce.
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"More than 2,000 employees, or approximately 75 percent, became AI-certified, while AI capability-building programs helped drive broad adoption across the company."
— How an Indonesian telco is driving revenue growth with AI
Key Takeaways
- 012,000+ employees — approximately 75% of the workforce — became AI-certified
- 02EBITDA impact landed within the first year, during post-merger integration
- 03Only four focus areas: customer engagement, sales/distribution, network capex decisions, support productivity
- 04Capability-building programs, not tool licenses, drove broad adoption
- 05McKinsey and Google Cloud were partners — but the CEO owned the AI-native mandate
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