Bharti Airtel Q2 results: Ten key takeaways

Ten key takeaways from Bharti Airtel results for fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2015:



1) Net Income for Q2 at Rs 1,523 crore, up 10.1% Y-o-Y.

2) Revenue at Rs 23,836 crore grew by 4.3% Y-o-Y

3) Q2 EBITDA margin at 34.7% vs 33.9% year ago

4) Net debt excluding deferred payment liabilities and finance lease obligations, $7,689 Mn.

5) Net finance costs at Rs 18,626 crore vs Rs9,057 crore Y-o-Y

6) Voice Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) India down 6% Q-o-Q to Rs 140

7) India voice realisation per min 34.58 paisa vs 34.93 paisa in Q1

7) Data ARPU for India at Rs 193 vs Rs181 in Q1

8) Data revenue at Rs 2,893 crore, now 21.5% of Mobile India revenue

9) Data realisation per MB 25.17 paisa vs 25.57 paisa in Q1

10) Africa Q2 net loss widened to $170 million vs $124 million year ago