Bharti Airtel’s Q2 profit jumps 89% to Rs 6,792 crore on ARPU boost

Bharti Airtel’s consolidated net profit rose 83% year-on-year in the second fiscal quarter, boosted by higher average revenue per user (ARPU), continued premiumization in India’s mobile and home segments.Airtel’s quarterly net profit stood at Rs Rs 6,791.6 crore, up from Rs 5,947.9 crore, better than analyst estimates.

The Sunil Mittal-led telco beat estimates as an ET survey of seven brokers expected a net profit of around Rs 6,752 crore.

The telco’s consolidated revenue rose 25.7% year-on-year to Rs 52,145 crore from a year earlier, driven by strong performance in both the India and Africa regions.

“We delivered another quarter of solid performance, achieving consolidated revenue of ₹52,145 crore, with sequential growth of 5.4%, underscoring the strength of our portfolio. Our revenues from India, including passive infrastructure services, grew by 2.9%. Africa delivered another quarter of excellent performance with consistent foreign exchange revenue growth of 7.1%,” Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and MD of Bharti Airtel, said in a statement.

India mobile revenues, which contribute around 73% to the total, rose 13% year-on-year to Rs 28,116.7 crore, driven by ARPU improvement and continued strong smartphone customer addition. Airtel’s average revenue per user (ARPU) – a key performance metric – grew 2.2% sequentially to Rs 256 in the second fiscal quarter. It is the highest in the industry with market leader Reliance Jio’s ARPU at Rs 211.40. Airtel added 5.1 million 4G/5G data customers in the quarter ended September 2025, accounting for 78% of its total mobile base. The net number of postpaid customers stood at 0.95 million during the period, bringing the total postpaid base (including IoT and M2M connections) to 83.85 million, accounting for 17.7% of Airtel’s total mobile customer base.

“Our Homes business maintained strong momentum with net 951,000 customer additions and 8.5% sequential revenue growth. IPTV services continue to gain strong traction, prioritizing our connected homes. Airtel Business reported strong results with 4.3% sequential revenue growth. We saw multiple deals across the connectivity, IoT and security businesses. Our solid balance sheet is a reflection of disciplined capital allocation, continued deleveraging and sustained operational excellence,” Vittal added.