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Airtel的资本支出将在22财年上升至50亿美元;惠誉:中国可能斥资15亿美元收购5G频谱
它补充说，在推出5G服务之前，Airtel还将致力于加强其光纤基础设施——连接光纤塔和回程。“我们认为，在2022-2023年期间，5G基础设施的资本支出将取代4G投资，因为4G覆盖基本已经完成。”
新德里:印度第二大无线电信公司Bharti Airtel阿里巴巴的资本支出在22财年可能会增加到约50亿美元，其中它可能会支付约15亿美元来收购5克全球评级机构惠誉(Fitch)在一份报告中表示，中国准备在2022-23年推出第五代网络服务，因此中国将拥有频谱资产。
Airtel还将致力于加强其光纤基础设施——在启动前连接光纤塔和回程5 g服务它补充道。“我们认为，在2022-2023年期间，5G基础设施的资本支出将取代4G投资，因为4G覆盖基本已经完成。”
这家苏尼尔·米塔尔(Sunil mittal)领导的电信公司分别与瑞典爱立信(Ericsson)和芬兰诺基亚(Nokia)合作，在千年城的古尔冈网络中心(Cyber Hub)和孟买下帕雷尔的凤凰购物中心(Phoenix Mall)开始了5G试验。它还与塔塔集团合作，为印度部署5G网络解决方案。
上周日，Airtel董事会批准通过向现有投资者出售股票筹集至多2.1亿卢比(合2.1亿美元)，根据评级机构的说法，这将“将其FFO净杠杆提高到2.0倍左右(2021年3月底:2.1倍)，并提供资金来加强其市场地位”。
Airtel的创始人兼董事长Sunil Bharti Mittal在周一的投资者电话会议上表示，融资将帮助电信公司加速在电信投资组合的几个部分的投资。他曾表示，Airtel打算尽早推出5G网络，为客户提供下一代网络的好处。
筹集资金帮助Airtel推动盈利增长;在主要城市推出5G: Sunil Mittal
他说，Airtel打算尽早在主要城市推出5G网络，以便能够为其客户，特别是重度用户和工业应用提供新时代网络的好处。
Airtel已经将其基本资费从49卢比修改为79卢比，米塔尔认为行业到本财年末，每用户平均收益(ARPU)将升至200卢比，然后慢慢升至300卢比。
市场的领导者依赖Jio预计两家公司的合并收入市场份额(RMS)也将增加到80%-82%，但代价是财务紧张沃达丰的想法惠誉称，未来12个月，美国可能会失去5,000万至7,000万用户。
“在过去三年里，沃达丰Idea失去了约1.8亿用户，截至2021年6月底，流失了2.55亿用户。沃达丰Idea正在苦苦挣扎，需要筹集新的资金来支付资本支出、AGR会费和偿还到期债务。”
分析师:Airtel的融资是为了加强竞争地位，为5G提供弹药
一些分析师认为，尽管这一融资公告出人意料，但它将使Airtel能够提高其市场份额，并为其提供必要的资金，以便在印度早于预期进入两家公司市场的情况下更快地进行投资。
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<\/figure>NEW DELHI: India\u2019s second-largest wireless telco Bharti Airtel<\/a>\u2019s capex may increase to about $5 billion in FY22 of which it will likely pay about $1.5 billion to acquire 5G<\/a> spectrum assets as it prepares to roll out fifth-generation network services during 2022-23, global ratings agency Fitch said in a note.
Airtel will also aim to strengthen its fibre infrastructure \u2014 connecting towers with fibre and backhaul in the run-up to launching 5G services<\/a>, it added. \u201cWe believe that capex on 5G infrastructure during 2022-2023 will replace 4G investments, as 4G coverage is largely complete\u201d.
The Sunil Mittal-led telco commenced 5G trials in Gurgaon\u2019s Cyber Hub in the Millennium city and in Mumbai\u2019s Phoenix Mall in Lower Parel, in partnership with Swedish Ericsson and Finland\u2019s Nokia, respectively. It has also tied up with the Tata Group to deploy 5G networks solutions for India.
<\/div><\/div>The telco had said it will deploy and pilot Tata Group\u2019s locally-developed solutions from January 2022. It had 352 million subscribers at the end of June 2021.
Airtel\u2019s board this Sunday approved raising upto Rs 21,000 ($210 billion) crore by selling shares to existing investors, which according to the ratings agency, will \u201cimprove its FFO net leverage to around 2.0x (end-March 2021: 2.1x) and provide funds to strengthen its market position\u201d.
Airtel\u2019s founder-chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal had said during the investor call Monday that the fundraising will help the telco accelerate investments across several parts of the telco\u2019s portfolio. He had said Airtel intends to roll out a 5G network at the earliest to provide benefits of the next-gen network to its customers.
Airtel\u2019s board this Sunday approved raising upto Rs 21,000 ($210 billion) crore by selling shares to existing investors, which according to the ratings agency, will \u201cimprove its FFO net leverage to around 2.0x (end-March 2021: 2.1x) and provide funds to strengthen its market position\u201d.
Airtel\u2019s founder-chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal had said during the investor call Monday that the fundraising will help the telco accelerate investments across several parts of the telco\u2019s portfolio. He had said Airtel intends to roll out a 5G network at the earliest to provide benefits of the next-gen network to its customers.