Updated Feb 19, 2021 · 03:10 pm A file photo of Jio SIM cards at a mobile store in Mumbai. | Indranil Mukherjee/AFP
Telecom operator Reliance Jio saw a decline in its wireless subscriber base in December in the states of Punjab and Haryana, the latest monthly subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, showed on Thursday.
In what might be seen as an effect of the farmers’ protest, Jio lost over 15 lakh subscribers in Punjab, as its number of customers in the state reduced from over 1.4 crore in November 2020 to less than 1.25 crore in December, the data showed. Similarly, in Haryana, its subscriber base fell from 94.48 lakh in November to 89.07 lakh in December. In total, the company lost more than 20 lakh subscribers across the two states.