Reliance Jio's reputation has suffered a severe setback. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's report (TRAI), 1.2 crore users have distanced themselves from Reliance Jio in the month of December. Meanwhile, 4.75 lakh new users have been added to Airtel. While the user strength of Vodafone-Idea (Vi) has registered a decline of 16.14 lakh. The user base of The Sanchar Nigam Limited of India (BSNL) has also increased by 11 lakh.

Why the number of Jio users decreased: It is being claimed that 1.29 crore users have left with Jio due to expensive recharges. However, where the number of Jio has decreased. On the other hand, the user base of Airtel and BSNL has increased. In such a situation, it is being claimed that the inactive subscribers have been removed from Jio' side, due to which the number of mobile users has also registered a decline.

What is VLR ratio: The full form of VLR is Visitors Location Register. It is also available to see the level of active subscribers, which is also getting to see the revenue generation potential of a network provider. Simply put, if you have both Airtel and Jio SIMs. And Airtel's VLR ratio is 98 per cent, so you are going to use Airtel's SIM 98 per cent of the time. It is being said that if one whose VLR is good, then it is going to do well in the coming days.

How much VLR ratio:

Airtel - 98.01 per cent

Jio - 87.64 per cent

Vodafone Idea – 86.42 per cent

BSNL - 50.32 per cent

According to the TRAI report, a total of 8.54 million users have also opted for mobile number portability (MNP) option in December. Meanwhile, the highest number of MNP requests have been received from Maharashtra. After this, the state of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh comes in this list.

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