Bharti Airtel saw its net profit jump fourfold to Rs 11,021.80 crore in FY25 while employee count in India dipped marginally. The company saw revenue from operations grow 27% to Rs 47,876.2 crore during the quarter under review while its India revenue grew 28.8% year-on-year to Rs 36,735 crore.
Data shared in a regulatory filing indicated that Bharti Airtel had seen its total employee count dip slightly (by 106 people) during the final quarter of FY25 — from 24,526 individuals in December 2024 to 24,420 at the end of March this year. Meanwhile the Africa segment saw a slight increase in employee count — from 4,189 to 4,253 during Q4FY25.
“We ended FY25 on a strong note with consolidated revenue of Rs 47,876 crore, growing 6.1%. India revenue increased by 6%. Africa continued its underlying performance even as there was steadiness on currency. India Mobile business grew by 1.3% sequentially, despite having 2 less days in the quarter. Growth was driven by premiumization. We added 6.6 million smartphone users and maintained an industry-leading ARPU of Rs 245,” said MD Gopal Vittal.
The company said that it had also made strides in the postpaid segment during Q4FY25 with net additions of 0.6
million customers while its market share in smartphone segment increased 9.5% YoY with an addition of 24 million.