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Business News/ Companies / Company-results/  Videocon Telecom Q3 revenue rises 34% at Rs489 crore
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Videocon Telecom Q3 revenue rises 34% at Rs489 crore

Revenue increases due to rise in mobile services revenue

Videocon Telecom’s data revenue grew 113% with a 30% improvement in realization per GB in the December quarter compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal. Photo: MintPremium
Videocon Telecom’s data revenue grew 113% with a 30% improvement in realization per GB in the December quarter compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal. Photo: Mint

New Delhi: Videocon Telecom posted a 34% increase in revenue to 489 crore for the third quarter ended 31 December 2014 due to rise in mobile services revenue.

The company has posted gross revenue of 365 crore in the same period last fiscal. “The growth this quarter can be attributed to many factors including organic growth in subscriber base & minutes of usage, and our focus on data penetration & usage, GRPM, ARPU and Usage and retention focus. “We will be closing the financial year with a top line of 2,000 crore," Videocon Telecom director and CEO Arvind Bali said in a statement.

Videocon has permit for mobile services in 7 service areas but at present operates only in 4 circles—Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Early this month, the company received pan-India permit for Internet services. The rise in revenue is driven by GSM business, national long distance, international long distance and Punjab’s wire-line business, the statement said.

The GSM or mobile phone services revenue of the company increased by 53% to 202 crore in the reported quarter from 131.7 crore it posted in the year-ago period.

The company said its GSM mobility business growth was fuelled by an organic growth in subscriber base, minutes of usage and data consumption, gross rate realized per minute and average revenue per user.

Videocon Telecom said that its subscriber base reached 9 million at the end of reported quarter across its 4 operating circles. The minutes of usage rose by about 30% in the quarter over same period in last financial year, the statement said.

The data revenue of the company grew 113% with an 30% improvement in realization per GB compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal.

Videcon said that its GRPM improved by 19% on an year-on-year basis. Videocon Telecom did not disclose profit and loss figures and actual numbers in terms of revenue component.

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Published: 13 Jan 2015, 11:11 PM IST
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