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5G-ready Bharti Airtel's profit up sixfold; sees 22.2% revenue growth

The company's healthy results came ahead of the launch of its 5G services in India later this month

Between 2012 and 2017, Bharti Airtel bought BWA spectrum from Qualcomm, Aircel and Tikona Digital who were the second players in different circles.
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At the operating level, the company registered 25.9 per cent YoY growth in profit to Rs 16,604 crore, while the operating margin widened by 1.5 percentage points to 50.6 per cent.

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
Bharti Airtel’s consolidated net profit jumped over 5.6 times year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 1,607 crore in the first quarter of FY23, led by strong revenue growth and 4G customer addition.

Still, the telecom major’s net profit was below the Bloomberg consensus estimate of Rs 2,451 crore. In the same quarter last year, Airtel had posted a net profit of Rs 284 crore. April-June 2022 was the seventh consecutive profitable quarter for Airtel.

The company’s healthy results came ahead of the launch of its 5G services in India later this month.

Airtel’s consolidated revenue from operations during the quarter under review rose 22.2 per

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