"Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) is exploring a combination with John Malone’s Liberty Global Plc (LBTYA) that would create Europe’s largest phone, Internet and TV company, worth more than $130 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...ty-global.html
A combination between LG and Vodafone has logic:
- Complementary cable presence in Germany
- Complementary fixed line positions in the rest of Europe
- Both use Tivo (Spain and UK)