An acquisition of TeliaSonera would be France Telecom 's biggest since its 2000 purchase of Orange plc for  27.8 billion ( $ 55.1 billion ) and would create the world 's fourth-largest telecom company behind AT&T Inc. , Verizon Communications Inc. and NTT Corp. of Japan .
The sentence discusses a potential business acquisition by France Telecom. It provides factual information about the deal, including the size of the acquisition compared to a previous one, and the potential ranking of the company after the acquisition. There are no positive or negative words or connotations in the sentence, such as 'success', 'failure', 'gain', 'loss', 'good', or 'bad'. The sentence is simply stating facts and does not express any positive or negative sentiment.
Analyze the sentence and determine if the sentiment of the sentence is neutral, positive or negative.

An acquisition of TeliaSonera would be France Telecom 's biggest since its 2000 purchase of Orange plc for  27.8 billion ( $ 55.1 billion ) and would create the world 's fourth-largest telecom company behind AT&T Inc. , Verizon Communications Inc. and NTT Corp. of Japan .
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The sentence discusses a potential business acquisition by France Telecom. It provides factual information about the deal, including the size of the acquisition compared to a previous one, and the potential ranking of the company after the acquisition. There are no positive or negative words or connotations in the sentence, such as 'success', 'failure', 'gain', 'loss', 'good', or 'bad'. The sentence is simply stating facts and does not express any positive or negative sentiment. Therefore, the sentiment of the sentence is neutral.
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