NEW DELHI, India — Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel” or “the Company”) today announced its audited consolidated IFRS results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014.
Digital TV Services
As on December 31, 2014, the Company had its Digital TV operations in 639 districts with 9.8 Mn customers, an increase of 11.4% as compared to corresponding quarter last year. Net customer additions for Digital TV during the quarter were 270 K. As a result of higher HD penetration and upselling of packs, ARPU increased by Rs 7 to Rs 214 as compared to Rs 207 in the corresponding quarter last year.
Revenues from Digital TV services increased by 15.8% to Rs 6,234 Mn as compared to Rs 5,384 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year. From this quarter, the company has harmonized the accounting of indirect taxes in line with other segments and industry practice; such taxes were part of opex earlier and are now netted off against revenues. On a like to like basis the growth in revenues for DTH is 25.3% compared to the corresponding quarter last year.
During the current quarter, the Company incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 1,630 Mn. Operating free cash flow during the quarter at Rs 77 Mn has significantly improved, compared to cash burn of Rs 137 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year, an increase of 156%.
Customer Base (000’s)
Q-o-Q Y-o-Y
Dec 2014 Sep 2014 Growth Dec 2013 Growth
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Digital TV Services 9,810 9,540 2.8% 8,807 11.4%
Operational Performance – India – Digital TV
Dec 31, Sep 30, Jun 30, Mar 31, Dec 31, Parameter Unit 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 ------------------------------- ---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Customers 000s 9,810 9,540 9,388 9,012 8,807 Net additions 000s 270 151 376 205 235 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) Rs 214 220 214 203 207 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) US 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.3 Monthly Churn % 1.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.9% 0.8%
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