Bharti Infratel Q1 net profit jumps 71 pc to Rs 756 cr

Mobile tower company Bharti Infratel today reported a 71 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 756.2 crore for the quarter ended June 2016.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 442.4 crore in the same period a year ago.
"Indian telecom industry is going through consolidation, we believe this would be good for the industry in the long run as the sector would require large investments by the operators in future to cater to the ever increasing data demand. Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers being the leaders are fully geared to serve our customers' demand," Bharti Infratel Chairman Akhil Gupta said in a statement.

He said the company is also seeing some early signs of implementation of the government's initiative on Smart City which would provide opportunities to infrastructure companies.
Total income from operations of the company increased 5.9 per cent to Rs 1,453.1 crore during the reported quarter compared to Rs 1,371.7 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal.
The company also reported financial performance in Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) format which included its share of revenue from joint venture firm Indus Towers.

As per result declared, the revenue of Bharti Infratel, with its share in Indus Tower, increased by 6.9 per cent to Rs 3,211.6 crore from Rs 3,182.7 crore a year ago.

Bharti Infratel share of revenue increased by 7.7 per cent to Rs 1,758.5 crore in the reported quarter from Rs 1,632.3 crore in the same period a year ago.
Shares of Bharti Infratel closed 0.79 per cent lower at Rs 362.4 apiece on the BSE.