Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries Ltd., posted a 2.9% sequential growth in its net profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025. The company logged a bottom-line of Rs 7,173 crore, as against Rs 6,972 crore in the preceding quarter.
The average revenue per user—a critical metric to gauge the performance of telcos—edged up marginally by 1% to Rs 213.7. In the quarter ended Sept. 30, the ARPU stood at Rs 211.4.
Jio's revenue during the quarter under review edged up 2.8% sequentially to Rs 32,751 crore, compared to Rs 31,857 crore in the previous quarter.
The company's Ebitda stood at Rs 17,744 crore, registering a 3% quarter-on-quarter increase from Rs 17,275 crore. The margin contracted marginally to 54.18% from 54.23% in the last quarter.
Jio's subscriber base rose marginally on a sequential basis, rising to 51.5 crore compared to 50.6 crore in the preceding quarter.
"Jio's over 500 million subscriber base, deep customer insights and pan India distribution network will empower Reliance Intelligence to achieve its aim to make India not just AI-enabled but AI-empowered - where every citizen and enterprise can harness AI tools to create, innovate and grow. This will drive sustained value creation for all stakeholders in the coming years," said Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm.
Jio Platform's data traffic increased 6.7% to 62.3 billion GB from 58.4 billion GB in the last quarter, while voice traffic stood at 1.53 trillion minutes, up sequentially from 1.50 trillion minutes.
The per capita data consumption was 40.7 GB per month, with total data traffic growth of 34% year-on-year during the December quarter, according to a release.
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