New Delhi, May 15 -- Bharti Airtel Ltd's average revenue per user (Arpu) for the March quarter (Q4FY25) was flat sequentially at Rs.245, but management clarified it would have been Rs.248 had it not been for two fewer days in the quarter. It sees future Arpu growth coming more from tariff hikes for higher-end subscribers, who use more data, while the entry-level tariff is likely to remain flat or increase only slightly.

Explaining this in detail, management said if entry-level plans in India are indexed at 100, then the top end is at 250. This rises to 500 when compared to Indonesia, a market that's similar to India in terms of geographical size (India is 3 million sq km; Indonesia is 2 million sq km; China is much larger at 10 million s...