Rationalisation
My prediction is that Vodafone will bid for AT&T, financing it by selling it's stake in Verizon mobile to Verizon.
This will give Vodafone a network it owns with full control in the US.
Talks to sell off some of AT&T's assets to make its merger with T-Mobile USA seem a little less anticompetitive have reportedly stalled. People familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that one of the options to get regulatory approval for the deal - offloading assets to make the end company less of a behemoth - …