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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Vodafone to take full control of UK mobile operator in £4.3bn deal

Three UK logo on smartphone screen in front of Vodafone logo
Vodafone completed its merger with former rival Three last June. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Vodafone is to take full control of the UK’s biggest mobile operator in a £4.3bn buyout deal with the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison.

The billionaire Li Ka-shing’s business said it had agreed to sell its 49% stake in VodafoneThree – a network with more than 27 million subscribers – to its partner Vodafone.

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