new delhi bharti airtel the countrys top telecom operator reported a 31 decline in net profit as higher capex costs and greater interest payments dented margins a growth of 62 in data revenues helped offset the declines as the company also witnessed a fall of 6 in average revenue per user arpu in the voice businessthe company reported a net profit of 1462 crore in the quarter ended june 30 2016 against rs 2113 crore announced in the corresponding period of last year the earnings in the quarter were also depressed as the previous quarter profit was higher due to an exceptional gain of rs 556 crore as the numbers were restated to indian accounting standards from the previouslyreported ifrs figuresconsolidated revenues for the company which still struggles in turning around its african operations grew by 8 at rs 25546 crore against rs 23671 crore in the corresponding period of 201516airtels capex costs in the quarter were higher by 23 at rs 4925 crore against rs 3992 crore in the same period last year the interest costs were higher by 45 at rs 1631 crore also proving to be a big drain on profitabilityhowever data is where the company continues to witness a healthy growth the share of data to mobile revenues in india grew to 24 compared to 19 in the same period last year the average per user arpu from data business in the country grew 12 to rs 202 rs 139 in voice while the usage per user grew 29 to 904 mb against 706 mb in the first quarter of 201516airtel said that its india revenues in the reported quarter grew by 10 at rs 19155 crore compared to the corresponding period of 201516 due to healthy growth of 9 in mobile business 11 in homes services 22 in digital tv and 10 in airtel businessthe year has begun well with revenue growth of 10 yearonyear and continued revenue market share gains in continuation of our project leap announcement we have now transparently opened up our entire mobile network to our customers bharti airtel md and ceo for india and south asia gopal vittal saidthe companys consolidated net debt excluding the deferred payment liabilities to the department of telecom and finance lease obligations decreased to rs 46535 crore from rs 50317 crore in the previous quarterthe net debt of the company at the end of the 201617 quarter was rs 68134 crore