Reliance Jio reports 24% rise in quarterly profit

FILE PHOTO: A woman checks her mobile phone as she walks past a mobile store of Reliance Industries' Jio telecoms unit, in Mumbai, India, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
BENGALURU : Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate Reliance Industries, reported a 24 per cent rise in quarterly net profit on Friday, as it added more subscribers.
The company's net profit for quarter ended June 30 came in at 43.35 billion rupees ($542.57 million), compared with 35.01 billion rupees in the same period a year ago, Jio said in a regulatory filing.
($1 = 79.8970 Indian rupees)