Airtel adds 263,324 Digital TV subscribers in 1Q 2015

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
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NEW DELHI, India — Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel” or “the Company”) today announced its audited consolidated IFRS results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended March 31, 2015.

Digital TV Services

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had its Digital TV operations in 639 districts. During the quarter, DTH crossed the milestone of 10 million customers. DTH had 10.1 million customers at the end of the quarter, which represents an increase of 11.8% as compared to corresponding quarter last year. Net customer additions for Digital TV during the quarter were 263,324.

As a result of higher HD penetration and upselling of packs, ARPU increased to Rs 214 as compared to Rs 203 in the corresponding quarter last year.

Revenues from Digital TV services increased by 17.2% to Rs 6,348 Mn as compared to Rs 5,415 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year.

Customer Base (000’s)

                                           Q-o-Q             Y-o-Y
                      Mar 2015  Dec 2014  Growth  Mar 2014  Growth
                      --------  --------  ------  --------  ------
Digital TV Services     10,073     9,810    2.7%     9,012   11.8%

Operational Performance – India – Digital TV

                                       Mar 31,  Dec 31,  Sep 30,  Jun 30,  Mar 31,
Parameter                        Unit     2015     2014     2014     2014     2014
-------------------------------  ----  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
Customers                        000s   10,073    9,810    9,540    9,388    9,012
Net additions                    000s      263      270      151      376      205
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)    Rs      214      214      220      214      203
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)    US      3.4      3.5      3.6      3.6      3.3
Monthly Churn                       %     1.0%     1.0%     1.1%     0.6%     0.9%