Tariff hike by telcos to improve ARPU by 15% to Rs 220 in FY25, says CareEdge

The tariff hike taken by India’s leading telecom players in the range of 10-25 per cent is expected to improve their blended average revenue per user (ARPU) by about 15 per cent to Rs 220 in current fiscal 2025 from around Rs 191 in the fiscal 2024, said CareEdge Ratings. After a two and a half year hiatus, the top three telecom players, that is, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), earlier last week, announced a substantial increase in tariffs across its prepaid and postpaid plans. While Reliance Jio hiked tariffs by 12-25 per cent on June 27, Bharti Airtel went for a 10-21 per cent increase on Friday,