Indonesia operator XLSmart lined up iBasis to manage its domestic and international mobile authentication traffic, as part of a wider strategy to strengthen its enterprise business and digital services.

The pair signed a management service agreement designed to improve the efficiency and security of mobile authentication traffic, a joint statement noted.

As part of the deal, iBasis will serve as the local and overseas authorised gateway and ensure all authentication requests are transported over legitimate channels. iBasis will also deliver real-time traffic monitoring and management.

Feby Sallyanto, XLSmart’s chief enterprise business solution officer, explained the partnership will allow it “to optimise the aggregation and secure transport of mobile authentication traffic” across the market.

He added iBasis’s global network, combined with expertise in the voice product market, operations and business development, ensures “seamless delivery to our network”.

XLSmart emerged from the combination of XL Axiata and Smartfren Telecom in early 2025.

In early September, iBasis closed a deal to acquire Telstra International’s wholesale voice, mobile and messaging customer contracts.