Tata Communications today announces its financial results for the quarter and full-year ended March 31st, 2020
Consolidated Nos. | INR Crore | QoQ Growth | YoY Growth | USD Mn | QoQ Growth | YoY Growth |
Gross Revenue | 4,398 | 4.0% | 3.6% | 608 | 2.5% | 1.0% |
EBITDA | 869 | 14.2% | 26.8% | 120 | 12.8% | 23.7% |
EBITDA margin | 19.8% | 180 BPs | 360 Bps | 19.8% | 180 Bps | 360 Bps |
PAT | (275) | NA | NA | (39) | NA | NA |
Commenting on the results, A.S Lakshminarayanan, MD and CEO, Tata Communications, said, “We are living in extraordinary times with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to disrupt businesses at large. At Tata Communications, we are enabling smooth and continued operations of services for our customers, delivering service upgrades and changes in record speed, as they implement work from home measures and shift workloads seamlessly across borders as part of their business continuity plans. We are also helping our large customers and partners to rapidly expand network capacity to serve the need of their own customers. The agility, service quality and responsiveness of our teams is being recognised by our customers who continue to show their appreciation. Our customer satisfaction score during this time has seen a record high – contributing to a top quartile Net Promotor Score (NPS).
As enterprises adapt and find a new equilibrium in this contact-free economy, Tata Communications is delivering secure connected digital experiences to enable them to unlock the economic value and the potential that digital transformation provides. Our platforms, solutions and services are not only enabling tens of thousands of employees of our enterprise customers to work from home, collaborate, improve productivity, and maintain business continuity, they are also keeping people and societies connected. We are proud of the work our teams have been doing in this crisis. The business results and the response from our customers are a testament to Tata Communications’ role as a key enabler in our customers’ digital future.”
Commenting on the results, Pratibha K. Advani, Chief Financial Officer, Tata Communications, said, “We have registered another quarter of robust growth in these tough times with all our financial and operating metrics tracking in the right direction.
We witnessed strong profitable growth in our Data business; in FY20, EBITDA margins for Data business expanded by 310 BPs coming in at 22.1% on the back of Growth services’ delivering INR 199 crore of EBITDA for the year. We continue to drive the business towards sustainable profitability and positive cashflows.”
An investor fact sheet providing a detailed analysis of the results for the quarter ended March 31st, 2020 has been uploaded on the Tata Communications website and can be accessed here
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Tata Communications is a digital ecosystem enabler that powers today’s fast-growing digital economy.
The company enables the digital transformation of enterprises globally, including 300 of the Fortune 500 – unlocking opportunities for businesses by enabling borderless growth, boosting product innovation and customer experience, improving productivity and efficiency, building agility and managing risk. With its solutions orientated approach and proven managed service capabilities and cutting-edge infrastructure, Tata Communications drives the next level of intelligence powered by cloud, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), collaboration, security, and network services.
Tata Communications carries around 30% of the world’s internet routes and connects businesses to 60% of the world’s cloud giants and 4 out of 5 mobile subscribers. The company’s capabilities are underpinned by its global network, the world’s largest wholly owned subsea fibre backbone and a Tier-1 IP network with connectivity to more than 200 countries and territories.
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
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