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The $130 billion deal represents the third biggest corporate transaction, behind Vodafone's 1999 deal to buy Germany's Mannesmann and AOL's purchase of Time Warner in 2000.
A large percentage of the money made from the deal will be used by Vodafone to invest in its business, with funds earmarked for high speed mobile phone networks.