Did M2M Hide Vi’s Real Subscriber Loss? HLR vs VLR Explained | TRAI May 2026

Описание: In my previous TRAI May 2026 telecom report analysis, I showed that Vodafone Idea lost both wireless subscribers net of M2M and VLR active subscribers. A viewer asked an important question: how can we be sure that Vi’s VLR loss is not because of M2M?

This video answers that question using HLR vs VLR concepts, M2M behaviour, Bharti Airtel’s Dec 2025 M2M integration as a natural test case, and Vi’s Jul 2025 to May 2026 data.

The key conclusion: TRAI does not publish M2M-wise VLR breakup, so this cannot be proved directly. But the indirect evidence strongly suggests that Vi’s VLR loss is likely real commercial subscriber weakness, not M2M loss.

Reference video:
TRAI May 2026 Telecom Report: Jio Leads Real Growth, Airtel M2M Distortion, Vi Subscriber Loss
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Timestamps
00:00 Viewer question on Vi VLR loss
01:52 Why the M2M question is valid
03:13 Why this needs indirect analysis
04:16 HLR vs VLR explained
04:37 TRAI definition of VLR
05:52 How TRAI calculates VLR active subscribers
06:10 Weighted average logic for M2M and VLR
08:35 Bharti Airtel as the natural test case
09:27 Why Bharti’s VLR did not collapse after M2M integration
10:32 Vodafone Idea comparison
12:21 Bharti VLR stayed near 99%
13:05 Counterfactual: low-active M2M would dilute VLR%
13:43 Vi data window: Jul 2025 to May 2026
14:08 Why this looks like commercial subscriber weakness
14:22 Final conclusion: M2M likely softened dilution, not caused Vi’s VLR loss

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