Given Verizon’s recent deal to purchase Vodafone’s 45% share in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, market watchers are now anticipating that Vodafone could be a target for the likes of AT&T or another entity wanting to establish a presence in the European market.  According to some analysts and investors, Vodafone is now a good size to be acquired by possible suitors, which include AT&T and Softbank.  AT&T has been searching throughout Europe to find an acquisition target in order to gain entrance to the region and may be willing to pay upwards of £80 billion for Vodafone. Vodafone’s business spans the UK, Germany, India and Italy. Its subsidiary Vodacom, is one of the largest telecom companies in Africa.