Airtel Digital TV subscribers up 66,000 in 3Q 2022

Monday, October 31st, 2022 
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Digital TV customer base at 15.8 million in Q2’23, holding steady vs Q1’23

GURUGRAM, India — Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel” or “the Company”) today announced its audited consolidated results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Digital TV Services

Revenue of Digital TV remained stable with customer base* of 15.8 million at the end of the quarter. DTH business is showing early green shoots of recovery as an outcome of our strategy of simplifying pricing and offering converged propositions to win high value customers.

                                   Unit  Sep-22  Jun-22  Mar-22  Dec-21  Sep-21
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Digital TV Customers*             000's  15,771  15,705  16,028  16,205  16,325
Net additions                     000's      66    -322    -178    -119      56
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)*     Rs     155     158     157     161     163
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)      US     1.9     2.0     2.1     2.2     2.2
Monthly Churn                         %    2.3%    2.4%    1.7%    2.7%    2.3%

* Definition of customer base of DTH has been changed to harmonize with mobile business.

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