Bharti Airtel , the world's fifth-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, had net debt

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of 677.63 billion rupees at end-December, the company said.

Bharti reported on Wednesday a 22 percent fall in quarterly profit its eighth straight quarter of declining profits hit by higher interest costs.