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Vivendi, Telefonica seal US$9.3b broadband deal
Published Fri, Sep 19, 2014 · 04:00 PM
Paris
FRENCH media group Vivendi has closed the deal to sell its Brazilian broadband business GVT to Spain's Telefonica for cash and shares worth around US$9.29 billion, the companies announced on Friday.
Telefonica plans to fold GVT into its Vivo-branded Brazilian mobile phone business to create the country's biggest telecom group, Telefonica Brasil.
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