Bharti Airtel Q2 FY27 results: Net profit rises 9% QoQ to ₹8,888 crore; ARPU stands at ₹271

The company has registered a jump of 4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in revenue from operations at ₹60,878 crore in contrast to ₹58,539 crore reported in Q1 FY27, driven by strong momentum in both India and Africa.

Bharti Airtel’s India mobile revenue surged 10.1% YoY, driven by strong customer additions and improved realisation with Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) expanding to ₹271 in Q2 FY27 from ₹256 year-on-year (YoY).

The operating profit, also known as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), rose 5% to ₹34,946 crore as compared to ₹33,303 crore in the previous quarter of the current fiscal year.

Its EBITDA margin expanded marginally to 57.4% in the reporting quarter from 57% in Q1 FY27.

Bharti Airtel's India business revenue increased 9.4% YoY to ₹42,308 crore in the quarter, registering a 2.7% growth QoQ. The company said growth was supported by its portfolio premiumisation strategy in the mobile segment, along with strong momentum in Homes and Airtel Business.

The telecom company’s consolidated capital expenditure (capex) stood at ₹12,467 crore, including ₹9,908 crore in India capex. It also invested ₹2,826 crore in a strategic land parcel for data centre expansion in India.

The firm said it continues to strengthen our digital infrastructure and deployed 497 towers and 11,684 mobile broadband base stations during the quarter. Over the past year, network expansion included 5,649 towers and 44,718 kilometers of fiber, significantly enhancing coverage, capacity, and resilience.

“Our new growth engines continue to gain momentum. Our investment in a strategic land parcel during the quarter marks another important step towards realising our ambition of building 1 GW of data centre capacity. We continue to maintain a strong and resilient balance sheet, anchored by robust cash generation and disciplined capital allocation,” said Gopal Vittal, Executive Vice Chairman, Bharti Airtel.

On Thursday, Bharti Airtel closed at ₹2,056.90 apiece on the National Stock Exchange, falling 0.52%. The earnings, however, came after the market hours.