Staff Reporter : Robi Axiata PLC. made a flying start to 2026 by registering 232.3 crore taka Profit After Tax (PAT) with 9.2% margin in the first quarter of the year (Q1’26).
Revenue for Q1’26 reached 2,531.2 crore taka, following 8.1% YoY growth. Earnings Per Share (EPS) Q1’26 stood at 0.44 taka reflecting YoY growth of 85.2%.
Capex for Q1’26 reached 349.5 crore taka. Total payment to the Government exchequer reached 2,073.6 crore taka at the end of Q1’26, which was 82% of the total revenue for the quarter.
Active subscriber base in Q1’26 stood at 5 crore 74 lakhs. Data subscriber base and 4G subscribers base were 4 crore 45 lakhs and 4 crore 3 lakhs respectively. On average, each data user used 8.95 GB data every month in Q1’26, which was 15.4% higher than same period last year.
EBITDA reached 1,350.3 crore taka with 53.3% margin in Q1’26. YoY EBITDA growth of 21.6% indicates that the company’s high level of discipline in cost management is producing the desired results. YoY EBITDA margin grew by 5.9 percentage points (pp). Network milestones included over 19,300 4G sites at the end of Q1’26, achieving 98.98% population coverage.
From the quarterly perspective, Robi’s revenue in Q1’26 dipped slightly by 2.1% compared to the last quarter (QoQ). This dip was primarily caused by having couple of fewer calendar days than the last quarter.
Average data usage by data users in Robi network grew by 6.1% compared to last quarter. EBITDA saw a decent growth of 4.3% and the EBITDA margin experienced a growth of 3.3pp compared to last quarter.
Commenting on Robi’s performance in Q1’26, it’s Managing Director and CEO, Ziad Shatara said: “We have registered 8.1% YoY growth and that too under very adverse socio-economic conditions intensified by the war in the west asia.
This clearly shows that our AI-driven personalized product and service offers supported by sustained investment in network improvement is producing the desired result.
Meanwhile, we have been able to generate healthy profit for our shareholders in Q1’26 by sustaining our disciplined approach to cost management and investment planning. We look forward to continuing this performance with brightening economic climate over time.”
ABOUT ROBI : Robi Axiata PLC. (“Robi”) is a public limited company, where Asian telecom giant, Axiata Group Berhad, based in Malaysia, holds the majority shareholding (61.82%). Aside from the public shareholders (10%), the global telecom giant,
Bharti Airtel, headquartered in New Delhi, India, holds 28.18% of shares in the company. Robi is the second largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh creating new digital experiences for the people of the country.
Through sustained investment Robi has created a robust telecom infrastructure to deliver innovation to all corners of the country. In addition to delivering its innovative digital products and services,
the country-wide telecom infrastructure serves as the key enabler for the growing digital eco-system of the country. Be it urban or rural, people find their way to Digital Bangladesh through Robi.