Telecom Lead India: Capex (telecom capital expenditure) of Bharti Airtel increased 12 percent to touch $438 million against $419 million in December 2011.
$735 million was the Capex in September 2012.
Capex in India was INR 15,155 million
Capex in Africa was INR 8,671 million
Indian mobile services saw Capex of INR 7,029 million from INR 1,878 million, registering growth of 274 percent.
Capex in Indian telemedia services (including 4G/LTE) was INR 2,244 million, up 53 percent.
Digital TV services saw Capex of INR 1,351 million.
Airtel B2B services invested INR 139 million towards Capex.
Capex in Airtel’s tower business was INR 4,062 million. Other Capex was INR 330 million.
Capex in Airtel’s African operations decreased 40 percent to $160 million.
Revenue increased 10 percent to $3.719 billion in Q4 against $3.649 billion
India generated revenues of INR 142,672 million.
Africa generated revenues of INR 61,694 million
Net profit plummeted to $175 million from $312 million
Net debt is at around $11.735 billion against $12.722 billion in Q4 2011-12.
Airtel’s total minutes increased to 284,041 million minutes in Q3 2012-13 from 252,972 in Q3 2011-12
Sites increased to 152,491 from 137,826
Employees reached 23,413 from 20,675 in December 2011 and 21,299 in September 2012
