Bharti Airtel has announced its audited consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter (Q4) and full year ended March 31, 2026. The company’s total revenue stood at Rs 553.83 billion for (Q4) financial year 2025-26 (FY26) as compared to Rs 478.76 billion during the same period last year, showing a 15.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth. This growth was driven by strong results in India and Africa. For the full year (FY26), the total revenue stood at Rs 2.1 trillion, up from Rs 1.72 trillion, marking a 22 per cent YoY increase from the previous financial year.
Meanwhile, the company’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at Rs 320.38 billion as compared to Rs 274.04 billion, while the EBITDA margins were 57.8 per cent against 57.2 per cent for the reported quarter. For the full year, EBITDA stood at Rs 1.21 trillion, a 28.7 per cent YoY increase from Rs 942.49 billion in the previous year. The company’s profit before tax (PBT), for Q4 were Rs 132.05 billion against Rs 97.24 billion in Q4 FY25, showing a 35.8 per cent YoY growth. For FY26, the PBT was recorded at Rs 485.9 billion, a 56.2 per cent YoY increase from Rs 311.12 billion, in the previous year.
Further, telco’s net income before exceptional items for the reported quarter was Rs 72.45 billion against Rs 52.23 billion, registering a 38.7 per cent YoY growth. For the full year, the same was recorded at Rs 269.04 billion as compared to Rs 175.73 billion in FY25, marking a 53.1 per cent increase YoY.
Commenting on the results, executive vice chairman, said, “We ended FY26 on a strong note, demonstrating the power of our diversified portfolio. FY26 was an important year in our journey – we crossed the 650 million customer mark, launched our telco grade sovereign cloud, received RBI approval through our subsidiary to commence the lending business, and accelerated the expansion of our data centre footprint. We will continue to accelerate our investments towards building world class digital networks, future proof Airtel by putting artificial intelligence (AI) at the heart and sharpen our portfolio for long-term growth. In addition, a major focus for us is to completely eliminate diesel from our operations. We are working with Indus Towers to scale clean energy.
Consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs 553.83 billion with a sequential growth of 2.6 per cent. Africa had a stand out performance. India revenue, including passive infrastructure services, grew 0.9 per cent sequentially, while Africa delivered a constant currency growth of 1.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).
India Mobile achieved sequential growth of 0.6 per cent, despite two lesser number of days in the quarter. We added 5.8 million smartphone customers and 0.8 million postpaid customers, underscoring our focus on quality customers and portfolio premiumization. Our industry leading average revenue per user stood at Rs 257.
The homes business sustained a robust growth trajectory with sequential revenue increase of 9.5 per cent, led by 1.1 million net customer additions. Our IPTV offering continues to gain traction delivering strongly on our convergence strategy.
Airtel Business grew sequentially by 2.6 per cent, driven by strong performance across our connectivity and digital portfolio. Our balance sheet strength is underpinned by disciplined execution and prudent capital allocation.
At the same time, we believe further tariff repair remains critical to support continued investments and long-term value creation.”
