NEW DELHI, India — Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel” or “the Company”) today announced its audited consolidated IFRS results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Digital TV Services
As on June 30, 2015, the Company had its Digital TV operations in 639 districts. DTH had 10.4 million customers at the end of the quarter, which represents an increase of 10.9% as compared to the corresponding quarter last year. Net customer additions for Digital TV during the quarter were 339,038.
Customer Base (000’s)
Q-o-Q Y-o-Y
Jun 2015 Mar 2015 Growth Jun 2014 Growth
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Digital TV Services 10,412 10,073 3.4% 9,388 10.9%
Operational Performance – India – Digital TV
Jun 30, Mar 31, Dec 31, Sep 30, Jun 30, Parameter Unit 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 ------------------------------- ---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Customers 000s 10,412 10,073 9,810 9,540 9,388 Net additions 000s 339 263 270 151 376 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) Rs 222 214 214 220 214 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) US 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 Monthly Churn % 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 0.6%
During the quarter, Airtel Digital TV announced the launch of its first indigenously manufactured set-top-boxes. The “Made in India” set-top-boxes will be available in HD to begin with and soon all of Airtel Digital TV‟s set-top-boxes will be manufactured in India. With this, Airtel Digital TV has become the latest corporate to join the Govt‟s Make in India initiative contributing to its growing proliferation across sectors. The launch also provides the much needed impetus to build an ecosystem that will drive indigenous manufacturing of DTH set-top-boxes empowered with production capabilities as well as technical expertise within India.
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