Indian private telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have all released their Q4 FY2025 results. This time, Vodafone Idea has joined the 5G offering segment, but only in limited circles. While all three operators are offering complimentary 5G services, Vi also provides unlimited 4G or generous amounts of data bundled with its plans through various components. So, let’s now take a look at the core metrics of the telcos as reported on March 31, 2025.
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Data Usage Trends and ARPU
Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel reported an average mobile data consumption per customer of 25.1GB per month. This translates to roughly 837MB per day on average. Additionally, Airtel reported the industry’s highest ARPU of Rs 245, which is close to its immediate short-term goal of Rs 300. Airtel reports its overall data volume on the network in million GBs, amounting to 21,078.
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Reliance Jio
Now, turning to the world’s largest operator in terms of data traffic—Jio. The operator reported an average mobile data consumption of 33.6GB per customer per month. This means an average Jio user consumes slightly over 1.1GB of data per day. Jio reported an ARPU of Rs 206.2. Jio reports its overall data volume on the network in billion GBs, which stands at 48.9.
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Vodafone Idea
Next, we have the third private operator, Vodafone Idea (Vi), which is rolling out its 5G services across 17 circles where it acquired 5G spectrum by August 2025. Vi’s 5G services are currently available in Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, and Patna. Vi reported an average data usage of around 15.88GB (16,262MB) per 4G/5G subscriber. This translates to slightly over 520MB per day per user on average. Vi’s blended ARPU for the quarter stood at Rs 164. Vi reports its overall data volume on the network in billion MBs, amounting to 6,166.
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