Bharti Airtel’s September 2010 quarter numbers raise doubts over the feasibility of adding new subscribers to the mobile network . The country’s largest telecom operator reported decent user additions during the quarter but failed to show any meaningful addition to the minutes of usage on its mobile network.
Telecom penetration in India has increased at a phenomenal, fuelled by the entry of new players and the conscious attempt by existing operators to cover remote areas. But the minutes of usage have either remained stagnant or fallen. This may cause concern since minutes of use reflect how efficiently a network is utilised. For Bharti, minutes of usage remained more or less stagnant at 190.8 billion minutes during the September quarter from the previous quarter though it added 6.7 million new subscribers.
economictimes.indiatimes.com-Bharti-Airtel-adds-customers-not-value
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