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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Idea cellular is to merge with
A
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
B
Reliance Jio
C
Airtel Limited
D
Vodafone India
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The company was created on 31 August 2018 by the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, to form a new entity named Vodafone Idea Limited.

Detailed explanation-2: -Idea Cellular (commonly referred to as Idea, and stylised as ! dea) was an Indian mobile network operator based at Mumbai, Maharashtra. Idea was a pan-India integrated GSM operator and had 220.00 million subscribers as of June 2018. Idea Cellular merged with Vodafone India and is now known as Vodafone Idea or Vi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vodafone Idea Limited (Formerly known as Idea Cellular Limited) is the third largest wireless operator by subscribers in India with a Revenue Market Share of approximately 19.9% of the Indian mobile telecommunications services industry for the third quarter of Financial Year 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reason for the merger It was a horizontal merger amongst the two biggest players in the telecom industry. This merger deal was worth $23 billion.

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