Bharti Airtel Q3 Results: Net Profit Declines 55% To Rs 6,631 Crore, ARPU Up 5.7%

Bharti Airtel Q3 Results: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday reported a 55 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 6,630.5 crore for the third quarter ended December 2025. Its revenue from operations in October-December 2025 stood at Rs 53,982 crore, which is 19.6 per cent higher than Rs 45,129.3 crore in the year-ago period.

India’s second-largest telecom company’s consolidated profit, attributed to the owners of the parent, was Rs 14,781.2 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing.

The telco recorded a 5.7 per cent increase in ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) of Rs 259 during the quarter, as compared to Rs 245 a year ago.

Airtel’s India revenue grew to Rs 39,226 crore, up 13.2 per cent on a year-on-year

basis.

The company’s India mobile revenue recorded a YoY increase of 9.1 per cent, led by improved realisations and a growing customer base.

Shares of Bharti Airtel on Thursday fell by 1.65 per cent, or Rs 33.40, to close at Rs 1,992.40 apiece on the NSE.