Warburg Is Among the Potential Bidders for Vodafone’s Spanish Unit

  • Carrier’s business in Spain could fetch about $4 billion
  • Unit has also drawn potential interest from Carlyle, Apollo

Vodafone store in Madrid

Photographer: Paul Hanna/Bloomberg
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Warburg Pincus is among potential suitors for Vodafone Group Plc’s Spanish business, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The private equity firm has been considering a bid for the Vodafone unit after it was put under review, the people said. Other investors including Carlyle Group Inc. are also in the early stages of evaluating the operations, according to the people.