The telco’s consolidated revenue rose 19.6% year-on-year to Rs 53,982 crore from a year earlier, driven by continued growth in India and solid performance from Africa.”Q3’26 was another strong quarter, with consolidated revenues of Rs 53,982 crore, up 3.5% sequentially, supporting our strategy of a diversified and resilient portfolio. India revenues, including passive infrastructure services, increased 1.4% sequentially. Africa delivered another quarter of exceptional performance with consistent currency revenue growth of 5.8%. One of the reasons for our outperformance in Africa is the deployment of our proprietary digital stack that has honed our go-to-market excellence, Airtel’s secret sauce,” said Gopal Vittal, executive vice chairman, Bharti Airtel, in a statement.
India operating revenue rose 13.2% year-on-year to Rs 39,226 crore, supported by continued premiumization in the mobile segment, strong momentum in the Homes segment and steady performance from Airtel Business, the company said.
Airtel’s mobile revenue in India grew 9.1% year-on-year to Rs 28,651.6 crore, driven by an improvement in ARPU and strong growth in smartphone data customers.
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“Our balance sheet strength, reinforced by strong cash generation and continued deleveraging, positions us well to invest in new growth opportunities,” Vittal added.
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