Vodafone casts doubt on SFR acquisition

Vodafone Group Chief Executive Chris Gent cast fresh doubt on Thursday about whether French media group Vivendi would sell its stake in Cegetel in the current depressed telecoms market. Sources said last week that Vivendi Universal and Europe’s largest mobile phone operator had held friendly talks about Vodafone buying the rest of Cegetel, which controls 80 percent of French mobile phone operator SFR.