Archive · 18 Jul 2025
Airtel Scales Back Compensation, Focuses on Cost Efficiency
Airtel, a telecom company, is being more careful with how much money it spends.
They gave employees smaller raises this year.
Even though the company made more money, they are trying to save money after investing heavily in new technology.
Top bosses got small pay increases too.
The company is also spending less money on new infrastructure, but wants to raise prices.
This is so Airtel can make money and grow.
Airtel reduced employee salary hikes to 8% in FY25, down from 8.7% the previous year.
Executive pay growth slowed down, with modest increases for top management.
Capex decreased to Rs 30,300 crore in FY25 as the company focuses on cost efficiency.
The median remuneration for employees (excluding board members) declined for the second consecutive year.
Airtel reported a 40% revenue market share in mobile services and seeks tariff adjustments.
- Who
- Bharti Airtel
- What
- Airtel moderated employee compensation and reduced capital expenditure.
- When
- FY25
- Where
- India
- Why
- Due to cost efficiency and after investing in digital infrastructure and 5G rollout.
Shareholder expectations
Company's Goal for Sustainable Revenue
Financial Growth
Shareholder expectations
Shareholders may expect higher returns.
Company's Goal for Sustainable Revenue
Airtel seeks a balance between investments and financial returns.
- Employee Salary Hike (FY25)
- 8%
- Revenue Market Share
- 40%
- Capex (FY25)
- Rs 30,300 crore
- MD Gopal Vittal's pay increase
- 9.1%
- Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal's pay increase
- 0.88%
