(keitai-l) Docomo and Vodaphone?

So what do people make of this?

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/28850.html

    In an interview with the Financial Times, NTT DoCoMo President and
    Chief Executive Officer Dr. Keiji Tachikawa predicted that just four
    mobile operators would exist in Europe after a re-alignment of the
    market. He said that his company will need to link up with one of
    the remaining companies. "I think it would be better if we had an
    equity relationship," he is quoted as saying.
    ...
    Vodafone is also thought to be a candidate for cooperation.

How could such a thing happen, with Vodaphone owning J-phone, and
aggressively turning it into just Vodaphone?

cjs
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