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Bharti Airtel (532454) May 2025 Filing Analysis
Does management do what it says?
Airtel partners with Perplexity to offer a complimentary 12-month subscription to Perplexity Pro to all 360 million customers. — target: 360 million customers (+1 more commitment)
“We have now done round tables across the country and we are taking this to market in the month of June.”
Management expects India capex for FY2026 to be lower than FY2025 levels as major network rollouts are complete. — target: lower than FY2025 (+4 more commitments)
“I want to reiterate that our FY2026 capex will be lower than FY2025, as we have done a lot of heavy lifting over the last two years.”
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What could break the thesis?
The risk is easing as the company is aggressively prepaying high-cost debt. In Q4 FY25, they prepaid 5,985 Crores of DoT spectrum debt, and for the full year, they prepaid approximately 42,000 Crores. Net debt to EBITDA has improved to 1.5x. (1 easing, 2 stable)
“In the last two years, we prepaid the entire high cost DoT debt from past spectrum auctions. This was totaling to about 42,000 Crores; and India net debt to EBITDAaL now stands at 1.5.”
The risk remains stable but management is intensifying calls for 'tariff repair' (price hikes). ARPU was flat sequentially at Rs. 245 (impacted by fewer days), and management explicitly stated the current pricing model is 'broken' and needs restructuring. (1 stable)
“India mobile tariff continues to remain one of the lowest globally and needs further repair. We have also said that the current telecom tariff structure in India is broken... Restructuring the tariff architecture is essential.”
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