TeleGeography notes that Bharti Airtel reported a 27 percent rise in latest net quarterly profit to INR2.05 billion (US$40.5 million), up from INR1.61 billion in 2007, citing record customer additions as a core factor for the positive results.  Meanwhile state-owned MTNL revealed a minor fall in net profit of 1.38 percent to INR918.6 million (US$18.1 million) for the three months ended 30 September 2008.