INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
despite two tariff hikes during this period had it not garnered strong termination revenues stemming from a favourable calling traffic
telco reported a 7 per cent sequential growth in ARPU to Rs 128.4 in the December quarter, after seven successive quarters of decline.
ARPU
is a key performance metric closely linked to the profitability in a capital-intensive sector like telecom where companies need to invest a
(IUC) from October, analysts said, improved its voice traffic mix in the fiscal third quarter
to charge IUC for calls to rival networks helped turn its calling traffic flow to 53 per cent inbound and 47 per cent outbound, from 38 per
cent inbound and 62 per cent outbound previously, resulting in the company becoming a net recipient of IUC revenues for the first time in
the December quarter.
Interconnect charge is paid by the call-originating telco to the destination carrier
The sector regulator recently deferred implementing a zero-IUC regime to January 2021 from the earlier January 2020 deadline.
On the
of statutory AGR dues would drive accelerated market share gains for Jio in the near to medium term.
Sharma of SBICap Securities pointed out
other networks led to a churn of some 22 million subscribers, which analysts estimate to have had an adverse revenue impact on quarterly