If #KamalHaasanPoliticalEntry and #KamalHaasanPartyLaunch are the two most trending hashtags on Twitter, the third in the race was surprisingly Aircel! The company is facing a mass black-out issue and has been constantly having to address customer grievances from earlier in the day. As most people called to complain, Aircel issued a notice to their employees saying they need to, ‘brace themselves’ for a very bad hit. As the signals collapsed mid-noon, questions of whether the company is to shut down arose. As Aircel addressed, shut down is unlikely, their Twitter account reflected absolute negligence with a tweet wishing India for T20. See the tweet here:
Second T20 today, Will Team India seal the T20 series at Centurion… pic.twitter.com/vllsluKC1D
— Aircel (@Aircel) February 21, 2018
The tweet has been immediately been criticized and meme-d endlessly on Twitter. Customers who have opted to port out to a different network as soon as the issue surfaced are now facing trouble too as their Unique Port Code is yet to reach them. Aircel customers are requested to wait a while before porting.
@sherlin2018 Please be informed that we are not at all closing our services. Also, we value our customers and will update all of you in advance if any such thing happens.
[1/2]— Aircel (@Aircel) February 20, 2018
