Reliance Jio Q4 profit up 25.7% to ₹7,022 cr, revenue rises 18% on mobile tariff revisions

Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) telecom arm Jio Infocomm Ltd has recorded 25.7% growth in its net profit for the January-March quarter (Q4) of FY2025 to ₹7,022 crore, beating estimates. The company's consolidated profit in the year-ago period stood at ₹5,587 crore.

Jio's revenue stood at ₹33,986 crore compared to ₹28,871 crore in the year-ago period, up 17.7% YoY. The company says its operating revenue growth was driven by the impact of tariff revisions for mobility services and growth in homes and digital services businesses.

Reliance Industries -led telco's EBITDA grew 18.5% YoY to ₹17,016 crore; the EBITDA margin came in at 50.1% on healthy revenue growth and margin improvement.

As of March 31, 2025, Reliance Jio's subscriber base grew to 488.2 million vs 481.8 million in the year-ago period, up 1.3%. This includes 191 million True 5G subscribers.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani says strong adoption of Jio's 5G services and its home broadband offerings continues with accelerated addition in subscribers and in the number of home-connects. "Our Digital Services business achieved record revenue and profit numbers. Steady increase in subscriber base, with an improving mix and increasing user engagement metrics boosted earnings. Strong adoption of our 5G services and our home broadband offerings continues with accelerated addition in subscribers and in the number of home-connects."

Reliance Jio's ARPU (average revenue per user) increased further to ₹206.2 in the said quarter, compared to ₹181.7 in the year-ago period, an improvement due to the flow-through of the tariff hike.

The results announced by the telco surpassed analyst estimates, which pegged Reliance Jio's Q4 FY25 revenue surge at 15.1% YoY to ₹29,900 crore, while the profit growth to ₹6,500 crore, up 21.4% YoY.

In Q3 FY2024- 25, Reliance Jio's subscriber base stood at 482.1 million as of December 2024, up 2.4% YoY. Its net subscriber addition in Q3 FY25 stood at 3.3 million, with a rebound in mobility subscriber addition.

In terms of 5G, RIL said Reliance Jio remains the world's leading standalone 5G operator (outside China).