Bharti Airtel eyes growth through price hikes for high-end users
Bharti Airtel Ltd’s average revenue per user (Arpu) for the March quarter (Q4FY25) was flat sequentially at ₹245, but management clarified it would have been ₹248 had it not been for two fewer days in the quarter. It sees future Arpu growth coming more from tariff hikes for higher-end subscribers, who use more data, while the entry-level tariff is likely to remain flat or increase only slightly.
Explaining this in detail, management said if entry-level plans in India are indexed at 100, then the top end is at 250. This rises to 500 when compared to Indonesia, a market that’s similar to India in terms of geographical size (India is 3 million sq km; Indonesia is 2 million sq…
