Vodafone to sell Hungarian business for $1.8 billion
By Trend
Britain's Vodafone will sell its Hungarian business for 715 billion forints ($1.8 billion) in cash, it said on Monday, in a deal that will create a locally-owned telecoms leader in the central European country, Trend reports with reference to Reuters.
The British mobile phone and broadband group said it had agreed non-binding terms with the buyers, Hungarian 4iG and state-run Corvinus Zrt.
The deal — which does not include Vodafone's shared services business VOIS — is expected to create Hungary's second largest telecoms operator.
"The Hungarian Government has a clear strategy to build a Hungarian owned national champion in the (Information and Communications Technology) sector," Vodafone Chief Executive Nick Read said in a statement.
The sale is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
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