Bharti Infratel Ltd shares fell 8.5% on Friday after the company reported weaker-than-expected performance for the March quarter.
Excluding the impact of the accounting change (Indian Accounting Standard 116), revenues of the telecom towers provider declined 1% from a year ago, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of decline.
Operating earnings fell at a sharper pace of 13% as customer exits hit profitability. Click here to enlarge graphic The closing sharing factor, which represents the average customer occupancies per telecom tower, fell from 1.88 times in the year-ago period and 1.85 in the December quarter to 1.84.