Airtel 4G Subscriber Base Increased to 77 Million, ARPU Increased to Rs 104 During Q3 FY19

Bharti Airtel today announced its results for the quarter that ended on December 30, 2018. During the quarter, the consolidated revenues of Airtel stood at Rs 20,519 crore which is an improvement of 1.9% YoY. India revenues for the quarter stood at Rs 14,768 crore which is a decline of 2.3% YoY. Airtel’ subscriber base in India saw a huge decline of 14.6% QoQ compared to the quarter that ended on September 30, 2018. The subscriber base of Airtel in India now stands at 284 million which is a few millions above Jio’ subscriber base. But on the brighter side, the telco’s 4G customer base increased to 77 million from 65 million a quarter ago. And coming to ARPU, it’s increased to Rs 104 from Rs 100 which is an increase of 4.1% QoQ.

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Bharti Airtel Subscriber Base Declined by 14.6% Compared to Previous Quarter

As noted, Airtel’ subscriber base in India witnessed a massive decline during Q3 FY19 (October, November and December). At the end of September 2018, Airtel had 332 million users under its belt, but during the quarter, it has been declined to 284 million. To recall, Jio reported a subscriber base of 280.1 million a few days back, so Jio might surpass Airtel in terms of subscribers this quarter itself. The reason behind Airtel’ subscriber loss could be the introduction of minimum recharge plans which start at Rs 23. For the unaware, Airtel and Vodafone Idea introduced minimum recharge scheme for prepaid users where a customer has to perform a prepaid recharge of minimum Rs 23 (Rs 24 in Vodafone Idea’s case) for every 28 days.