Bharti: Q2 mobile usage drop not worrying

A homeless Indian boy plays with a toy cell phone outside his makeshift tent in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, July 21, 2005. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top mobile firm, Bharti Airtel Ltd, is not concerned about a drop in minutes of usage seen in the fiscal second quarter, its chief executive said on Friday.

"New customers are picking up well," Manoj Kohli said.

Bharti's minutes of usage fell in the July-September quarter largely due to seasonality, he said.