Airtel Digital TV adds 479,000 subscribers in 2Q 2018
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
NEW DELHI, India — Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel” or “the Company”) today announced its audited consolidated Ind-AS results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018.
Digital TV Services
As on June 30, 2018, the company had its Digital TV operations in 639 districts. DTH had 14.65 Mn customers at the end of the quarter, which represents an increase of 10.0%, as compared to the corresponding quarter last year. Net customer additions for Digital TV during the quarter were 479K. ARPU for the quarter was at Rs 229 as compared to Rs 228 in the corresponding quarter last year.
Operational Performance – India – Digital TV
Unit Jun-18 Mar-18 Dec-17 Sep-17 Jun-17 Mar-17 Dec-16 Sep-16 ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Digital TV Customers 000s 14,646 14,168 13,937 13,521 13,314 12,815 12,588 12,405 Net additions 000s 479 230 416 207 499 228 183 256 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) Rs 229 228 233 233 228 228 232 232 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) US 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 Monthly Churn % 0.7% 1.1% 1.2% 1.4% 0.9% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2%
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