Reliance Jio Q1FY22: Net profit at Rs 3,501 crore and revenue at Rs 17,994 crore beat street expectations

:  RIL net profit at Rs 12,273 crore, beats estimates; revenue at Rs 1.40 lakh crore

Compared quarterly, as can be seen in the chart above, the profit has risen 4.2 percent, revenue has gone up 3.7 percent, EBITDA is up 3.9 percent and margins have risen by 10 bps.

Jio's subscriber addition is strong and has helped drive its growth. The telecom giant has added 440.6 million subscribers in the quarter which is an uptick of 3.4 percent compared quarter on quarter.

The average revenue per user or ARPU, a key metric to check the health of a telecom player has remained at a steady Rs 138.40 and is slightly above expectations. Last quarter the reading was Rs 138.20.

The total data traffic used in the quarter has been reported at 20.3 billion GB which is a massive growth of 38.5 percent QoQ.

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"Jio has posted yet another record quarterly performance with industry-leading operating metrics. I am thankful to Jio’s family of loyal subscribers whose number has grown further during the quarter, consolidating its position as India’s No. 1 provider of digital connectivity and services. They appreciate our continuing focus on raising the bar for superior service quality," said Mukesh Ambani welcoming the quarterly performance.

The company has also provided an update on the speed of Jio Fibre, the internet service providing operations. So far Jio says that over 3 million connections have been activated and the average home consumption is almost 300 GB of data per month.

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