About the author: I am currently an MBA student at London Business School, with a B.Tech. degree from IIT Madras. I have worked for 5+ years in the telecommunications sector in India and the UK.

May 30th, 2020 12:41 PM 16 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel: Making Strides Across Services and Emerging Stronger When It Matters

In Q42020, Airtel’s mobile revenue growth outstripped Jio’s by a huge margin (quarter on quarter increase of 15%, 2X Jio) as the company saw an increase in ARPU from Rs 135 in Q32020 to Rs 154 in Q42020. This revenue and ARPU growth are despite the ~30 million customers not recharging due to the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Airtel has consistently maintained its subscriber market share (Airtel –... Read More

May 21st, 2020 8:55 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio, and Airtel Are Fighting Three Different Battles: Everyone Can Win!

Bharti Airtel recently announced that its ARPU ending Q4 20 increased to Rs 154 from Rs 123 in Q419! Exciting stuff! This pretty much reflects a hopeful future for the telcos, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only enhanced this outlook for the three incumbents. Even before the pandemic struck, we had started to see price hikes which came as a huge relief. But, the pandemic has the potential to completely... Read More

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