Vodafone now free to bid for Vivendi

Friday 30 January 2004 at 16:00

Vodafone, the UK mobile operator, is now free to increase its 44% stake in SFR, the French mobile operator 56%-owned by Vivendi.

A four-year-old standstill agreement between Vodafone and Vivendi Universal expired on Friday. Vodafone gave the required six months' notice last July.