Vodafone Passport???

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Originally Posted by andy

Don't know, but in many, though not all, of those they don't have majority holdings or even the brand name in use

Yes, Poland is an example of what you said.

Polkomtel (Plus, Sami Swoi) is co-owned by Voda, TDC and some Polish industrial corporations (with strong shares and, what follows, influence of the government).
The current Polish government claims to be "right -wing" and willing to improve competition in the country's economy, including telecom markets. However, it is also rather hostile to foreign capital. This attitude is directed againts mainly against "non-productive" businesses like supermakets, banks or insurance but includes obviously telecom businesses. They'd rather prefer creating Polkomtel-based strong Polish telecom company, which might be a real competitior for French-owned Polish Telecom/Centertel (Orange).