Britain’s Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular agreed on Monday to merge their Indian operations to create the country’s biggest telecoms business in a bid to contest a brutal price war sparked by new rival Reliance Jio.
The combined Vodafone-Idea group would have almost 400 million customers, with an implied enterprise value of Rs. 82,800 crore for Vodafone and Rs. 72,200 crore for Idea.
Just after this news broke out, Tweeps started tweeting their concerns. Here are some of the best reactions:
1.
Vodafone and Idea have confirmed a merger. Tough competition between Abhishek and the pug for being the face of the brand.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) March 20, 2017
2.
Heard about the Idea-Vodafone merger. I hope they don’t ask the brand ambassadors to merge as I’m not too comfortable merging with the Pug.
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbacchhan) March 20, 2017
3.
The walls are closing in on Abhishek. With the Vodafone and Idea merger, guy will be out of advertisements too.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) March 20, 2017
4.
People in Vodafone office took “Get an Idea Sirji” way too seriously
— Paridecay (@sarcastictroler) March 20, 2017
5.
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular announce merger.So we can finally hear a pug say “what an idea sirjee” in ads.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) March 20, 2017
6.
New Vodafone/Idea ads:
Zoozoo takes off his mask.
It’s Abhishek Bachchan.
Smiles, says ‘what an idea sirjee’
Ad flops at the box-office.
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) March 20, 2017
7.
Aunty wants to say something on Vodafone and Idea Cellular Merger. pic.twitter.com/ejjaa45Epf
— Yogi Chikna Nath (@Madan_Chikna) March 20, 2017
8.
Vodafone merge with Idea Cellular will be like :- pic.twitter.com/Bh7tavL7s9
— Hunटरर♂ (@nickhunterr) March 20, 2017
9.
So Vodafone & Idea are merging..
Their tagline will be
“Voda Idea sirjee”
— Vichu (@vichupedia) March 20, 2017
10.
If someone had dual SIM phone with Idea and Vodafone numbers, now he’ll be left with a single SIM? – Rahul Gandhi https://t.co/RZaxfMzu2a
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) March 20, 2017
