Mumbai: Rating agency Fitch estimates operating incomes of the telecom industry<\/a> to increase by 40% in this fiscal end (FY20-21) compared to 25% in the previous one, backed by strong performance of Reliance Jio<\/a> Infocomm (Jio<\/a>) and Bharti Airtel<\/a>, both of whom will continue to increase market share at the cost of Vodafone Idea<\/a> (Vi).
The earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of the two rivals will be further propelled by higher tariffs, shift of customers to 4G and a data usage of 12GB-16GB per user per month as more subscribers work remotely, due to the pandemic.
\"Jio and Bharti will likely increase their combined revenue market share to 80% (December 2020: around 75%), at the expense of third-placed Vodafone Idea, which will lose 50 million-70 million subscribers in the next 12 months,\" said Fitch in a statement on Friday.
These estimates come on the back of recently announced third quarter results which reflect that Jio's revenue and EBITDA grew by 33% and 50%, respectively, year on year (yoy) in the nine months of FY21, while Bharti Airtel<\/a> reported Indian mobile revenue and EBITDA growth of 26% and 48%, respectively, during the same period. Vi is yet to report fiscal third quarter results.
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