 Vodafone PLC has sold a major stake in its wireless infrastructure company Vantage Towers to private equity firms KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners GIP that will net the UK telco a minimum of 3.2bn. A consortium led by KKR and GIP will buy up to half of Vodafones 81.7 stake in Vantage and the joint venture will offer to buy out the minority shareholders at a price of 32 per share. 