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Market buzz! Vodafone Idea shares surge as losses shrink in Q2
Mumbai/IBNS: Vodafone Idea's share prices jumped by over six percent on Tuesday after the telecom giant declared a decline in its losses during the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, media reports said.
VI's share prices jumped by 6.2% to trade at Rs. 10.10 on Tuesday.
Vodafone Idea reported a consolidated net loss of Rs. 5,524.2 crore for Q2 FY26, the quarter that ended September 30, 2025.
The revenue from operations rose by 2.4% year-on-year, to about Rs. 11,190–11,195 crore.
The average Revenue Per User (ARPU) improved to Rs. 180.
For the six-months ended September 30, 2025, revenue was Rs. 22,460.8 crore and net loss Rs. 12,132.3 crore.
Financial highlights
Revenue for the quarter was Rs. 111.9 billion, a YoY growth of 2.4%. On a reported basis, EBITDA for the quarter was Rs. 46.9 billion. Cash EBITDA excluding IndAS 116 impact stands at Rs. 22.5 billion vs Rs. 23.2 billion in Q2FY25.
Capex for the quarter and for H1FY26 stood at Rs. 17.5 billion and Rs. 42.0 billion respectively.
As on September 30, 2025, the debt from banks was Rs. 15.3 billion and the cash and bank balance stood at Rs. 30.8 billion.
Abhijit Kishore, CEO, Vodafone Idea Limited, said, "We continue to make steady progress towards our strategic intent of delivering superior customer experience. We expanded our 4G coverage to over 84% of population and completed the 5G rollout in all 17 circles where we hold 5G spectrum.
"The growth of ~21% in data volume reflects our ability to retain and engage customers through our differentiated prepaid and postpaid offerings. We are focused on increasing our 4G coverage to 90% population and expanding our 5G footprint in the geographies with growing 5G handset adoption."
"We remain engaged with lenders to secure debt financing to support our broader capex plans of Rs. 500–550 billion. As we move forward, our investment journey to deliver superior customer experience continues," he added.
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