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Telecom woes: ARPU, rising debt to hurt industry after spectrum auction

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Telecom woes: ARPU, rising debt to hurt industry after spectrum auction
Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications networks’ ARPU saw a decline in voice revolutions per minute (RPM) till Q1. Image Source: Pixabay

The tepid response by telecoms in the recent spectrum auction organized by the Department of Telecom (DoT) failed to brighten the debt ridden future of the industry, which is estimated to increase.

This however seems to be adding fuel to the fire as telecoms’ earnings per customer are seen to decline over the last few quarters.

Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) analysts Sabyasachi Majumdar, Harshal Jagnani, Ankit Jain and Sachin Sachdeva in a webinar said that Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) earned by three incumbent operators has decreased over the preceding quarters which has outpaced growth.

Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications networks’ ARPU saw a decline in voice revolutions per minute (RPM) till Q1; however a steady improvement in total minutes was noticed.

ICRA estimated capital expenditure (Capex) to remain high in the sector owing to network rollout in the ‘supra 2000 MHz’ range in which most telecos have bought spectrum.

With the consolidated upfront payouts by the industry after the auction at Rs 32,000 crore, ICRA said that consolidated payouts for FY17 will be Rs 42,000 crore.

And annual spectrum payouts for the next 10 years are estimated to be between Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 32,000 crore, the report said.

Debt of the industry has been estimated to increase to Rs 4,25,000 crore by March 2017 from Rs 4,10,000 crore in the previous year, the analysts said.

Overall outlook by ICRA for the sector remained negative on high network capex, high competitive intensity and long term rewards owing to higher data revenues.

The spectrum auction garnered Rs 65,789 crore from a five day auction as against Rs 6.5 lakh crore valuation at reserve price.

No participation was seen by the seven telecoms who participated in the auction in the 700MHz band and 900MHz, while active participation was seen in the 1800Mhz and 2300MHz bands.

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Spectrum auctionTelecomDepartment of Telcommunications (DoT)Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)Debtconsolidated payoutsIdeaAirtelReliance Communication (RCom)
Updated: Wed, Oct 19, 2016
02:22 pm
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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