Airtel’s mobile Internet user base increased by around 3.3 million, up 5.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to 65.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (Q2 FY18), from 62.5 million during the previous quarter (Q1 FY18). The telco seems to be slowly recovering from the intense competition, after losing around 7.7 million mobile Internet users in Q3 FY17, which was the quarter after Reliance Jio’s launch. The company however recovered slightly in Q4 FY17 by adding around 2.4 million mobile Internet customers. Airtel also added 6.3 million mobile broadband (3G+4G) users during the quarter, taking the total base to 55.2 million from 48.9 million in Q1 FY18. Note that data customers accounted for 23.3% of Airtel’s overall mobile customer base in Q2 FY18, which is up from 22.3% in the previous quarter. The telco’s total customer base stood at 282.05 million for the quarter, up marginally by 0.5% QoQ from 280.65 million. Data usage and metrics Mobile data consumption also increased significantly: up by 311.4 billion MB (a growth of 65.9% QoQ) to a total of 783.8 billion MB during the quarter, from 472.4 billion MB in the previous quarter. Note that in Q1 FY18, there had been a similar jump: an increase of 247.29 billion MB ( up 109.8% QoQ) to 472.3 billion MB during the quarter, from just 225.1 billion MB in Q4 FY17. Airtel seems to have picked up some traction in data usage after Jio launched its paid packs. The telco’s mobile consumption rates had dropped drastically in the quarter after Jio’s…
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