Bharti Airtel generated over Rs 20,000 crore in total revenue but only Rs 306 crore in net profit for the quarter, while Reliance Jio earned a lower total revenue of Rs 6,879 crore but a higher net profit of Rs 504 crore; Jio's average revenue per user and wireless data traffic were higher at Rs 154 and 4.3 billion GB respectively compared to Airtel's Rs 123 ARPU and 1.1 billion GB of data, but Airtel had more total customers at 29 crore versus Jio's 16 crore.
Bharti Airtel generated over Rs 20,000 crore in total revenue but only Rs 306 crore in net profit for the quarter, while Reliance Jio earned a lower total revenue of Rs 6,879 crore but a higher net profit of Rs 504 crore; Jio's average revenue per user and wireless data traffic were higher at Rs 154 and 4.3 billion GB respectively compared to Airtel's Rs 123 ARPU and 1.1 billion GB of data, but Airtel had more total customers at 29 crore versus Jio's 16 crore.
Bharti Airtel generated over Rs 20,000 crore in total revenue but only Rs 306 crore in net profit for the quarter, while Reliance Jio earned a lower total revenue of Rs 6,879 crore but a higher net profit of Rs 504 crore; Jio's average revenue per user and wireless data traffic were higher at Rs 154 and 4.3 billion GB respectively compared to Airtel's Rs 123 ARPU and 1.1 billion GB of data, but Airtel had more total customers at 29 crore versus Jio's 16 crore.
We take a look at Q3 performances of Bharti Airtel vs Reliance Jio at
glance
Parameter Bharti Airtel Reliance Jio
Total Revenue (Rs crore)1 20,319 6,879
Net Profit (Rs crore)1 306 504
ARPU (Rs per user)2 123 154
Total Customers (crore)2 29 16
Wireless Data Traffic (billion 1.1 4.3
GB)2
1. Airtel’s total revenue, net profit are on a consolidated basis and
include India, South Asia and Africa figures, while Reliance Jio figures are on a standalone basis. 2. ARPU (Average Revenue Per User), Total Customers and Wireless Data Traffic pertain to India mobile subscribers only. Bharti Airtel reported India mobile Wireless Data Traffic of 1,106 billion MBs in December quarter, which roughly translates to 1.1 billion GBs.