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LONDON: Shares in Vodafone<\/a> rose 4% to a 12-week high on Tuesday after Liberty Global<\/a> bought a near-5% stake, giving it scope to influence deals the British telecoms group is pursuing.
John Malone's Liberty<\/a> Global, the joint owner of Virgin Media O2, a major rival to Vodafone in Britain, said it was an opportunistic investment. It ruled out making a takeover bid and said it was not seeking a board seat.
Liberty Global's Chief Executive Mike Fries said Vodafone's share price did not reflect the underlying value of the business and its opportunities for consolidation.
Shares in Vodafone, which operates in 21 countries in Europe and Africa, have more than halved in the last five years as intense competition in markets such as Italy and Spain has limited growth despite huge network investment.
Interim chief executive Margherita Della Valle, who took over when Nick Read resigned in December, is simplifying operations to improve returns in Europe, where three out of its four biggest markets declined last quarter.
Investors, however, are focused on the opportunity for M&A.
Liberty Global joins French telecoms tycoon Xavier Niel<\/a> and Middle Eastern group E& on Vodafone's shareholder register.
E& has 13% while Neil, who owns Vodafone's Italian rival Iliad, has 2.5%.
Analysts said these industry<\/a> investors had planted flags to take advantage of deals or eventually the break-up of the British group.
Credit Suisse said Liberty's investment was \"likely to increase the push for a break-up with the new CEO\".
Vodafone has announced a plan to combine with Hutchison's Three in Britain, which if completed would cut the number of networks from four to three.
Liberty Global's chief executive Mike Fries supports the plan, telling the Financial Times<\/a> on Monday that Britain's four-player market was an \"anomaly\" in its European footprint.
Shares in BT, which as the owner of Britain's EE network, could also benefit from consolidation, rose on Tuesday.
Liberty Global is familiar with Vodafone, given the two companies jointly own Vodafone Ziggo<\/a> in the Netherlands. It also sold its operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to the British company in 2019.
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伦敦:股票沃达丰(Vodafone)周二上涨4%,至12周高位自由的全球买了近5%的股份,使其影响范围交易英国电信集团追求的。
约翰·马龙的自由全球的共同所有者Virgin Media O2,主要竞争对手在英国沃达丰(Vodafone)说,这是一个投资机会。它排除在收购报价,并表示不寻求一个董事会席位。
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沃达丰股价,在欧洲和非洲21个国家中,有一半以上在过去五年的激烈竞争在意大利和西班牙等市场增长尽管巨大的网络投资有限。
临时首席执行官玛德拉瓦莱,接任当尼克读12月辞职,简化操作,以提高投资收益在欧洲,四分之三的最大市场上个季度下降。
但是,投资者关注并购的机会。
全球自由加入法国电信大亨Xavier Niel和中东组e沃达丰的股东名册。
e已经13%,尼尔,谁拥有沃达丰的意大利竞争对手《伊利亚特》,为2.5%。
分析人士说,这些行业投资者栽旗帜利用交易或最终大英集团的解体。
瑞士信贷(Credit Suisse)表示自由的投资“可能增加新的CEO”的推动分拆。
沃达丰宣布一项计划,结合和记黄埔在英国的三个,如果完成的数量将减少网络从4 - 3。
自由全球首席执行官迈克薯条支持计划,告诉金融时报》周一英国jefferson正是市场是一个“异常”的欧洲足迹。
英国电信的股票,作为英国的情感表达网络的主人,也可以受益于整合,周二上涨。
沃达丰全球熟悉自由,考虑到两家公司共同拥有沃达丰Ziggo在荷兰。还出售了其在德国、匈牙利、罗马尼亚和捷克共和国在2019年英国公司。
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