Vodafone eyes European expansion with Liberty Global deal

Vodafone Group, the UK-based telecoms giant, has said it is in talks to buy some European assets owned by US cable company Liberty Global.
The talks concern assets in markets where the firms overlap, including Germany, Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Vodafone emphasised that the talks were not about a merger with Liberty, which owns Virgin Media.
Vodafone, founded in the 1980s, operates in more than 30 countries and boasts more than 400 million customers globally.
The company has historically focused on cellular mobile phone services, but has more recently been expanding its fibre infrastructure, which supports faster internet and data downloading.