Higher tariffs lift Bharti Airtel’s Q2 profit 168%, Arpu tops Rs 230
By
Binu Mathew
Bharti Airtel’s net profit in the July-September quarter (Q2) of FY25 rose 168 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 3,593 crore as against Rs 1,340 crore in the same period a year ago as a result of higher telecom tariffs imposed in early July.
Sequentially, profit was 13.6 per cent lower than the Rs 4,159 crore in the preceding quarter. The earnings figure fell short of the average Rs 4,398 crore profit estimated by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.