New Delhi, November 6, 2026: Bharti Airtel reported a 24 per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit to ₹10,710 crore for the September quarter of FY27, compared with ₹8,651 crore a year earlier.
Revenue from operations climbed 16.7 per cent to ₹60,877.5 crore from ₹52,145.4 crore, supported by higher customer spending and subscriber additions.
India Growth
Airtel’s India revenue increased 9.4 per cent to ₹42,308 crore, while mobile services revenue grew 10.1 per cent.
Average revenue per user (ARPU) improved to ₹271 from ₹256 a year earlier, reflecting tariff changes and premiumisation.
Executive Vice Chairman Gopal Vittal said India mobile revenue grew 3.4 per cent sequentially, supported by premium customers.
Subscriber Expansion
Airtel’s global customer base increased 11 per cent to 69.25 crore, while its India subscriber base reached 49.86 crore.
Mobile subscribers rose to 37.72 crore, while home services customers jumped 29 per cent to 1.53 crore.
The company added a record 12 lakh postpaid customers, taking its postpaid base to 3.12 crore.
Data Consumption
Average mobile data consumption increased 28.8 per cent to 36.5 GB per customer from 28.3 GB.
Airtel also added 29 lakh smartphone data customers during the quarter.
Its Africa business delivered 6.7 per cent sequential revenue growth in constant currency terms.
Network Investment
Consolidated capital expenditure stood at ₹12,467 crore, including ₹9,908 crore invested in India.
Airtel deployed 497 towers and 11,684 mobile broadband base stations during the quarter.
The company also invested ₹2,826 crore in land for data centre expansion.
Debt Reduction
Net debt declined 14 per cent year-on-year to ₹1.66 lakh crore from ₹1.94 lakh crore.
The reduction came alongside continued infrastructure investments, customer additions and improving revenue realisation across key operations.
