Bharti Airtel Registers “Exponential Data Traffic Growth,” Expands Broadband Coverage

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said that it recorded an “exponential data traffic growth” in the first quarter ended June 30, 2020. The company said that the total data traffic on its network stood at 7240 billion MB as compared to 4192 billion MB registered in the prior year quarter. Airtel said that the total data traffic represents a growth of 72.7% on YoY basis. The company shared the development in its quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2020. Airtel posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 436 crore before exceptional items for the period ended June 30, 2020 while its net loss after exceptional items stood at Rs 15,933 crore. The company said that the total consolidated revenues was at Rs 23,939 crores, representing an 15.4% increase on a YoY basis. Airtel said that its Indian mobile service revenues was up 18.5% YoY while its Direct-to-Home (DTH) and Homes segment “continued to remain steady.”

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Airtel Registers Increase in Voice and Data Traffic

The company said that the voice traffic on its network grew 11.3% YoY to 820 billion minutes as compared to 737 billion minutes in the previous year quarter. The average data consumed by an user is said to have increased to 16.3GB as compared to 11.7GB in the prior year quarter, representing an 39.6% YoY increase.

Airtel said that it incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 2558.5 crores primarily to enhance its indoor coverage, voice quality and data capacities. The company said that it had 196,145 network towers for the period ended June 30, 2020 as compared 182,600 network towers in the prior year quarter.