Indus Towers’ (Indus) 2QFY26 was broadly in line with our estimates, with recurring EBITDA (excl. provision reversals) rising 3% QoQ to INR43.8b.

Tata Communications (TCOM) delivered steady 2Q, with ~7% YoY (~1% QoQ) growth in data revenue and 145bp data EBITDA margin expansion.

Bharti Hexacom’s (BHL) Q1FY26 print was weaker than expected due to lower roaming revenue on seasonality, and external events impacting number of inroamers; and higher other expenses on certain USOF site related cost, partly offset by employee cost provision reversal.

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Tata Communications’ (TCOM) 1Q results were subdued, with ~1% QoQ growth in data revenue and consolidated EBITDA.

TCOM has deferred its ambition of doubling data revenue to INR280b by one year to FY28, which implies a 3-yr CAGR of ~13% (vs. ~19% CAGR target over FY23-27 earlier).

Bharti Hexacom (BHL) highlighted it has much lower need for capital (vs Bharti Airtel) as it focused only on mobility and FBB business, and net debt levels were much reasonable.

Indus Towers (Indus)’ 4QFY25 reported financials were impacted by several one-offs on account of the consummation of tower purchases from Bharti Airtel, prior period revenue, and provision reversals.

Tata Communications (TCOM)’s 4Q results were once again a mixed bag, as ~17% YoY revenue growth in the Digital portfolio was offset by a sharp ~125bp QoQ contraction in consolidated EBITDA margin.

Bharti Hexacom’s (BHL) Q3FY25 EBITDAaL soared 43% YoY; FCF after interest cost was up 97% and net debt slipped 2.5%.

Tata Communications (TCOM)’s 3Q results were a mixed bag as ~10% YoY revenue growth in the Digital portfolio was offset by continued weakness in core connectivity (-1% QoQ).

Indus’ 2QFY25 reported financials came in ahead of our estimate owing to a higher-than-estimated reversal of prior period bad debt provisions (INR10.8b vs. our estimate of INR5b).

Tata Communications’ (TCom) H1FY25 revenue print was muted due to subdued orderbook in FY24, and longer deal conversion cycle.

Tata Communications (TCOM) reported weak results with consolidated EBITDA declining 1% QoQ (5% miss) and margins contracting 60bp QoQ to19.4%.

Tata Communications’ (TCom) Q1FY25 revenue print was muted with just 0.8% QoQ growth in the data business; however, TCom has shown a sharp improvement in its consol.

Management reiterated its ambition to double data revenue by FY27 to
INR280b (at 18% revenue CAGR), driven by the DPS segment that is likely to
contribute more than 60% of data revenue.

Indus Towers (Indus) reported a flat revenue QoQ, but provision write-offs
and lower power costs led to 14%/20% QoQ growth in EBITDA/PAT (a beat
of 12%/41%). The tower additions were led by only one operator, which
moderated the ASF.

Indus Towers’ (Indus) Q2FY24 performance was good on two counts: 1) tenancy addition accelerated with net add of 5,583 despite 840 exits; and 2) there was no large provisioning that had marred EBITDA previously. However, rising single-tenancy towers are continuously diluting margins and RoCE, and VIL has to significantly recover to increase visibility on rising tenancy sharing over medium term.