What we learned from Bharti Airtel's Q1 earnings

MUMBAI: India's largest and world's third largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, on Wednesday reported its Q1 numbers.

Here are the key takeaways from its earnings:

1) Net income at Rs 1,462 crore vs Rs 2,113 crore a year earlier

2) Revenue climbs 8.4% to Rs 25,546 crore

3) Ebitda at Rs 9,591 crore, up 16.4% from Rs 8,240 crore last year

4) Ebitda margin at 37.5%, up 2.7%

5) Net debt at $12.36 billion in Q1 2017 vs $12.66 billion in Q4 2016

6) Net interest costs Rs 1,631 crore vs Rs 1,124 crore last year

7) India voice average revenue per user (ARPU) up 0.5% Q-o-Q to Rs 139

8) India voice realisation per min 33.49 paise in Q1 2017 vs 33.25 paise in Q4 2016

10) India data ARPU Rs 202 in Q1 2017 vs Rs 196 in Q4 2016

11) Data revenue at Rs 4,640 crore, now 23.7% of mobile India revenue

12) Data realisation per MB 22.31 paise in Q1 2017 vs 22.87 paise in Q4 2016

13) Africa Q1 2017 net loss $78 million vs $154 million year ago