LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Vodafone's plannedlisting of its Indian business could help the British group ifit pursues any further tie-ups with cable-TV company LibertyGlobal in Europe, its chief executive said on Friday.
U.S. group Liberty and Vodafone have agreed to form a jointventure in the Netherlands, but analysts have said that theBritish company's operations in Africa, Middle East andAsia-Pacific could be an obstacle to deeper collaboration.
CEO Vittorio Colao said there are no plans to spin off itsemerging markets operations but acknowledged some of the fringebenefits of the Indian listing.
"We are very happy with our emerging markets portfolio. Soas such we do not have a plan to separate from them," Colao saidafter the group posted better than expected 7.7 percent revenuegrowth for its emerging markets business in the first quarter.
"Having said that, we have a set-up with the listed unit inAfrica and we are planning to list in India, which will allow usto have a clear assessment of their value and higher flexibilityin the future should any type of co-operation with Libertybecome the case."
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by David Goodman)