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Vodafone to sell Hungary unit

The telecoms giant is poised to sell its business in Hungary to 4iG and and Corvinus Zrt, a Hungarian state holding firm, for a total of €1.8bn. Vodafone has been pressured from activist investor Cevian into disposing of some of its operations.

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