Redmi 2

Indonesia’s XL Axiata is tapping the popularity of Xiaomi’s smartphones to try to boost its declining market share, which fell by 3 points to 19 per cent last year.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi reported that its pre-tax revenue last year increased 135 per cent to CNY74. 3 billion ($12. 1 billion), while it sold 61 million phones in 2014 – up 227 per cent from the previous year.