Bharti Airtel maintains capex at $2.5 bln

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Thu, Jul 24 11:14 AM

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's top mobile operator, is maintaining its guidance for standalone capex of $2.5 billion for the full year to March, Chief Financial Officer Sarvjit Dhillon said on Thursday.

Earlier, Bharti, owned about 30 percent by Southeast Asia's top phone firm, SingTel, reported a forecast-beating 34 percent rise in consolidated net profit to 20.25 billion rupees ($484 million) in its fiscal first quarter ended June.

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