Country's largest telecommunication operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday same it'll still cut discounted minutes and should raise tariffs to satisfy rising prices.
"I suppose we are going to still see a chance to lift voice realisation through continued  prune of discounted minutes... we are going to deter to the touch headline tariff however at some purpose there is also some chance to lift headline tariffs," Bharti Airtel decision maker and chief operating officer (India & South Asia) Gopal Vittal told reporters in Indian capital.

The current levels of voice evaluation area unit completely unsustainable with input prices mounting, he added.

"With the rising price of diesel, network price, the value of spectrum, the value of fibre, the value of really rolling out networks, i feel there's no doubt however to scale back discounted minutes," Vittal same.

Airtel has recently augmented mobile services rates of each web and voice calls below bound schemes. it's been systematically scaling down freebies for the previous few quarters so as to extend voice realisation and improve gain.

"It has been happening over the last four quarters. If I inspect profane basis over subsequent number of years, there's no different choice except for voice realisation to travel up," Vittal same.

He supplementary that thanks to the efforts of the corporate, the voice realisation per minute has improved to thirty seven.07 fractional monetary unit as compared to thirty five fractional monetary unit four quarters past.

The company Tuesday reportable a eighty nine p.c rise within the fourth quarter earnings at Rs. 962 crores on account of upper revenue from information business and rise in mobile services rates.

The total revenue for this autumn, 2013-14 was up thirteen.5 p.c to Rs. 22,219 crores as compared to Rs. 19,582 crores a year past.

For the complete 2013-14 business, world wide web profit rose twenty one.8 p.c to Rs. 2,773 crores as against Rs. 2,276 crores in previous year. Revenue was up eleven.5 p.c to Rs. 85,746 crores.

Vittal same there's huge competition within the market and going forward, consolidation can occur within the sector which will leave 5-6 mobile operators within the country.

Asked regarding the senior level exits from the corporate, Vittal same eighty p.c of the vacancies created by these folks are crammed internally.

"Most of the folks have gotten leadership roles in different firms, therefore its not Associate in Nursing attrition story however a growth story," he added.

Bharti Airtel can build cost within the vary of USD 2-2.2 billion for the twelvemonth two014-15. Bharti Enterprises cluster CFO Sarvjit S Dhillon same there's additional clarity on the regulative front currently, that may be a smart sign for the business.

He same there'll be consolidation within the business within the next few years. "The marketplace in Asian country isn't simply competitive, it is

hyper competitive, you recognize there's no market within the world wherever you see something like 10-12 operators. within the next few years, this needs to consolidate, perhaps 5-6 operators within the country," Dhillon same.

The company's African operations, however, saw muted growth within the fourth quarter of FY'14.

"The this autumn wasn't terribly exceptional quarter however the nice issue is that information is memorizing in Africa," Bharti Airtel MD and chief operating officer (Africa) Christian Diamond State Faria same.

He same the corporate is growing quicker than competition within the region and is ideal in eleven markets and variety two in four. Faria same Airtel possesses 3G in sixteen countries except Nigeria, wherever it's possible to urge the licence within the next few months. He supplementary that the corporate is addressing the problems in Africa in a very systematic method.