Idea Cellular Limited announced unaudited standalone and consolidated earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2012. For the quarter, on standalone basis, the company announced net sales or income from operations of INR 54,616.8 million compared to INR 49,572.9 million a year ago. Profit from operations before other income, finance charges and tax was INR 4,857.2 million compared to INR 4,935.3 million a year ago. Profit before tax was INR 2,807.9 million compared to INR 2,411.3 million a year ago. Net profit after tax was INR 1,826.9 million or INR 0.55 per basic and diluted share compared to INR 1,628.9 million or INR 0.49 per basic and diluted share a year ago. EBITDA was INR 13,173 million. Revenue growth is primarily led by expansion of voice minutes at the rate of 5.2% to 132.2 billion minutes compared to 125.6 billion minutes in previous quarter, indicating consumer demand for voice telephony remains robust.

For the nine months, on standalone basis, the company announced net sales or income from operations of INR 161,099.8 million compared to INR 140,023.3 million a year ago. Profit from operations before other income, finance charges and tax was INR 14,550.8 million compared to INR 12,759.1 million a year ago. Profit before tax was INR 8,345.2 million compared to INR 5,634.9 million a year ago. Net profit after tax was INR 5,641.0 million or INR 1.70 per basic and diluted share compared to INR 3,865.6 million or INR 1.17 per basic and diluted share a year ago. EBITDA was INR 38,677 million compared to INR 33,089 million for the same period a year ago.

For the quarter, on consolidated basis, the company announced net sales or income from operations of INR 55,721.6 million compared to INR 50,203.7 million a year ago. Profit from operations before other income, finance charges and tax was INR 5,898.1 million compared to INR 5,871.1 million a year ago. Profit before tax was INR 3,481.9 million compared to INR 2,990.8 million a year ago. Net profit after tax was INR 2,285.7 million or INR 0.69 per basic and diluted share compared to INR 2,009.8 million or INR 0.61 per basic and diluted share a year ago. EBITDA was INR 14,734 million.

For the nine months, on consolidated basis, the company announced net sales or income from operations of INR 163,804.8 million compared to INR 141,440.2 million a year ago. Profit from operations before other income, finance charges and tax was INR 17,628.7 million compared to INR 16,382.7 million a year ago. Profit before tax was INR 10,378.6 million compared to INR 7,100.1 million a year ago. Net profit after tax was INR 7,027.5 million or INR 2.12 per basic and diluted share compared to INR 4,840.1 million or INR 1.46 per basic and diluted share a year ago. EBITDA was INR 43,315 million compared to INR 37,553 million for the same period a year ago.