mobile operator: The positive reaction stands in contrast to previous occasions when talk of a deal sent shares in Vodafone tumbling on fears that it, as the suitor, would overpay in order to snare Liberty, Europe biggest cable operator, according to Euro News. There is a strategic rationale to the combination of the assets, one top 10 shareholder in Vodafone told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Shares in the world second largest mobile operator hit a 14-year high last week after Liberty billionaire chairman Malone said a much-mooted union would be a great fit for his company. And until last week, the market assumption had been that Vodafone was coming from a position of weakness. Vodafone, which has 446 million mobile customers in countries ranging from Albania to Ireland, Qatar, India, South Africa and New Zealand, has lost ground to some rivals in an industry-wide trend to provide internet broadband, TV, home phone and mobile services in one bundled product, known as quad-play. What has changed with John Malone comments is that the conversation between the two parties might actually be a more equal one.
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