
Bharti Airtel delivered a steady Q2 FY26 with net sales rising 16% YoY to Rs. 52,145 Cr, supported by resilient performance across India mobility, homes broadband, and Africa.
EBITDA increased 17% YoY to Rs. 29,919 Cr, maintaining a margin of 57%. PAT grew sharply by 68.8% YoY to Rs. 6,791 Cr, with PAT margin improving to 13.02%, driven by stronger operating performance, improving mix, and lower finance costs.
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) remained healthy at Rs. 256, supported by ongoing premiumization and higher smartphone adoption.
Mobile Services India: Mobile services continued to perform well with steady ARPU improvement, strong smartphone customer additions, and 1 million postpaid net adds. Network expansion remained robust with additional towers and mobile broadband stations supporting rising data usage.
Homes Broadband: Homes broadband saw strong traction with 951,000 net adds and continued revenue momentum. Converged offerings (broadband + IPTV + OTT) now account for a majority of new additions as the company focuses on deeper penetration in existing and new cities.
Digital TV: Digital TV revenue remained stable with a subscriber base of 15.4 million. IPTV adoption continues to rise as customers shift toward higher-value converged plans.
Airtel Business (B2B): The B2B segment maintained sequential growth driven by enterprise connectivity, cloud, cybersecurity, IoT, and CPaaS. Digital revenues grew strongly, supported by Airtel Cloud and Airtel Finance. Payments Bank monthly transacting users crossed 104 million.
Africa: Africa recorded healthy sequential constant-currency growth with strong EBITDA margins and low leverage. Data and mobile money adoption continue to drive performance.
Nxtra (data center subsidiary) and Google Partnership
Nxtra will build the Visakhapatnam hyperscale data centre, while Airtel Business will provide the terrestrial fiber and cable landing station.
The company aims to scale data center capacity toward 1 GW over the next few years.
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