Bharti Airtel has reported revenues of Rs. 152,150 million, up 47% year on year, and a consolidated EBITDA margin of 33.7%. This is the first quarter when Airtel has reported Africa results, at revenues of Rs. 38910 million for the quarter. Airtel Africa reported an EBITDA of Rs. 9311 million, with EBITDA / Total revenues at 23.9%. On a consolidated basis, the mobile services segment for India and South Asia reported total revenues of Rs. 88045 million, up 6% from Rs. 82902 million. EBITDA declined 7% to Rs. 30964 million. EBITDA margins in India and South Asia has been maintained at 37.3%. India and South Asia revenue grew 9.2% year on year, as compared with a 8.2% yoy revenue growth in the previous quarter. Mobile (India) - Airtel has 143.292 million mobile connections in India. - Traffic of 196,196 million minutes, up 1% quarter on quarter and 36% year on year - Pre-paid customers are 96.1% of subscriber base - Monthly churn is up to 5.9% from 5.8% - Average Revenue per User was Rs. 202, down 6% quarter on quarter. Sanjay Kapoor said that ARPU for the company is bound to go down with rural growth, and especially the way rates have gone down. 3G and BWA might help keep ARPUs up. - Average Revenue Per Minute Rs. 0.444, down 1% quarter on quarter from Rs. 0.448. Sanjay Kapoor said that the realized rate fell by 0.4 paisa, which is the lowest fall in the last seven quarters, and that the…
