Bharti Airtel reported revenue of Rs 52,145 crore for Q2 FY2026, up 25.7 percent year-on-year and 5.4 percent sequentially.
Airtel India operations contributed Rs 38,690 crore, rising 22.6 percent YoY and 2.9 percent QoQ, driven by strong performance in mobile, homes, and enterprise segments. Africa operations reported a 24.2 percent rise in revenue.
ARPU
Airtel maintained its leadership in mobile ARPU, which increased to Rs 256 from Rs 233 a year earlier, supported by premiumization, growth in smartphone users, and higher data usage. Mobile data consumption rose 26.6 percent to 28.3 GB per customer per month.
Subscribers
The company’s total customer base in India stood at around 450 million and 174 million in Africa.
Airtel added 5.1 million smartphone users during the quarter, with smartphone customers now forming 78 percent of the total base. Airtel has 285.8 million mobile Internet customers at the end of September 2025. Mobile data traffic has grown 26.6 percent to 23,313 PBs.
Postpaid users grew by 0.95 million, reaching 27.5 million. The Homes business added a record 951,000 new customers, taking the total to 11.9 million.
Investment and Infrastructure
Capex during the quarter stood at Rs 9,643 crore in India and Rs 1,719 crore in Africa. Airtel added 2,479 towers and 20,841 mobile broadband base stations in the quarter, along with 44,104 km of fiber rolled out over the past year to strengthen its digital infrastructure.
Strategy and Partnerships
Airtel continued focusing on premium customers, expanding its digital and home broadband footprint, and enhancing enterprise offerings. The company partnered with Perplexity to provide a 12-month free Perplexity Pro AI search subscription to all mobile, homes, and digital TV customers, enhancing digital engagement.
Its enterprise arm, Airtel Business, achieved 4.3 percent sequential growth to reach Rs 5,276 crore in revenue, with strong demand in connectivity, IoT, and cybersecurity solutions.
Overall, Bharti Airtel delivered another quarter of strong growth and sustained profitability, supported by expanding data usage, digital partnerships, and infrastructure investments across India and Africa, Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and MD of Bharti Airtel, said.
