Vodafone discussed merger with Three in UK and Iliad in Italy

Vodafone Group has seemingly been quite active on the M&A front in recent months, with two separate stories coming to light this week suggesting they have sought to make market-shaking acquisitions in both the UK and Italy.Bloomberg reports that Vodafone was exploring the possibility of purchasing Three UK with the latter’s parent company, CK Hutchison, late last year. In November last year, Vodafone’s Group CEO Nick Read said he was “firmly supportive of consolidatio