Vodafone India today reported a 12.6 per cent jump in its total revenue at Rs 42,526 crore for the fiscal ended March 31, driven by strong customer additions and growth in data revenues.
The company had reported a total revenue of Rs 37,777 crore in the last financial year.
Vodafone continues to be net profit positive for second consecutive year, though it refused to share the amount.
Also Read
"It's a second consecutive year net profit for the company. It's a good year but I am not commenting on the growth rate," Vodafone India Chief Financial Officer Thomas Reisten told reporters here.
The revenue from the services rose by same 12.6 per cent to Rs 42,352 crore for the reported fiscal as compared to Rs 37,606 crore last year.
For the fourth quarter of FY15, the company reported a service revenue of Rs 10,887 crore as compared to Rs 9,713 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Vodafone said the service revenues in Q4 were impacted by changes in inter-connect usage charges (IUC) prescribed by regulator Trai, effective March 1, which led to a marginal drop.
EBITDA or operating profit of the UK-based company's arm stood at Rs 12,605 crore for 2014-15, as compared to Rs 10,847 crore in the previous fiscal.
"During the year, we made significant capex investments to expand our network...All our focus areas - data, Vodafone Business Services and M-Pesa performed well and maintain a high growth trajectory," Vodafone India Managing Director and CEO Sunil Sood said.
He said the company invested Rs 8,598 crore in FY15 mainly in new sites roll-out in order to deliver superior customer experience and growth in key focus areas.
The data (browsing) revenue for the reported fiscal stood at Rs 5,690 crore, a growth of 65.5 per cent year-on-year.
Data now contributes 15 per cent of service revenues whereas Vodafone Business Services contribute 13 per cent of service revenues. Last year, data contributed 10 per cent of service revenues.
Vodafone has a customer base of around 184 million, with nearly 97.9 million in rural areas and 19.4 million 3G customers.
The average revenue per user (ARPU) for Q4 FY15 stood at Rs 200. Data ARPU stood at Rs 141 in Q4 FY15 versus Rs 120 in Q4 FY14.
The company's money payment and transfer service M-Pesa base increased to 3 million registered customers, doing over 100K transactions/day.
Vodafone India now is the third largest contributor to group service revenue. A fresh equity infusion of Rs 6,000 crore was made to vodafone India during the fiscal.
The net debt for the company stands at Rs 47,807 crore as of March this year.
