Reliance<\/a> Jio, the telecom arm of conglomerate Reliance Industries, said its third-quarter ARPU stood at 178.2 rupees per subscriber per month, an increase of only 0.6% from a quarter ago and a 17.5% climb from a year ago.<\/p>\nAirtel added that mobile data consumption surged by 22.5% to 20.3 GB of usage per customer per month.<\/p>\n
The company’s net profit for the December quarter climbed to 15.88 billion rupees from 8.3 billion rupees a year ago.<\/p>\n
Airtel shares closed 0.4% lower at 785.9 rupees ahead of the results.They had fallen 5.1% since late October when the company reported September-quarter results that beat analysts’ revenue expectations. (Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Janane Venkatraman)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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