If Bt has bought back 2million 5 thousand shares to day. How come it shows on trades as a sell?

of which one is O2,

Any idea who the other is ?

Talk Talk?

Most lunchtime flyers seem to think the 'other' option is EE.

Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy 394.10 394.10 600.00 600.00 Reiterates

Citigroup Buy 394.10 394.10 450.00 450.00 Reiterates

Deutsche Bank Hold 394.10 394.10 410.00 410.00 Reiterates

Jefferies International Buy 388.50 470.00 470.00 Retains

Espirito Santo Execution Noble Buy 400.10 480.00 480.00 Reiterates

Toying with £4 again.

EE owners confirm takeover talks with BT

(Reuters) - EE's German and French owners confirmed on Wednesday they were in talks to sell Britain's biggest mobile network operator to BT (BT.L) as part of a wider review of its options.

I wonder how many T-Mobile, Orange & EE customers would be happy with that? I know one who certainly wouldn't!

BT opts for EE over O2 for 12.5 billion-pound UK mobile deal

What will Vodafone do now ?

BT plans £2bn rights issue to fund EE takeover

See posts 486,487 & 500.

Chart of the week: A perfect tramline trade

Societe Generale Buy 409.10 400.20 - 480.00 Upgrades

Have held these in my ISA from 160p, and intending to hold for much longer yet.

New 14 year high @423.60p

Li Ka-shing's Hutchison to buy Telefonica UK unit for $15.4 billion

(Reuters) - Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd (0013.HK) has agreed to buy Telefonica's (TEF.MC) British mobile unit O2 for up to 10.25 billion pounds ($15.4 billion), as Asia's richest man makes his boldest bet yet to revamp his European telecoms business.

Looks a done deal - Hutchison to buy Telefonica UK unit for 10.25 billion pounds

(Reuters) - Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has agreed to buy Telefonica's British mobile unit O2 for up to 10.25 billion pounds, hastening the consolidation of Britain's telecoms industry.

RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS TO 31 DECEMBER 2014


· Underlying revenue2 excluding transit down 1%
· Underlying operating costs4 excluding transit down 3% reflecting the benefit of our cost transformation activities
· EBITDA1 up 2% and earnings per share1 up 10%
· Normalised free cash flow3 of £908m, up 64%
· Outlook reaffirmed

BT ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF PENSION FUNDING VALUATION


BT agrees pension plan, unveils fibre network upgrade

Espirito Santo Execution Noble Buy 419.90 - 535.00 Reiterates

Jefferies International Buy 420.65 470.00 470.00 Retains

That'll do nicely :-)

BT finalises deal to buy EE - source

Wed Feb 4, 2015 7:48pm GMT

(Reuters) - BT has reached agreement with Orange and Deutsche Telekom ‎ to buy their UK mobile network operator EE and a deal could be announced as early as Thursday morning, a person familiar with the situation said.

BT, Britain's biggest fixed-line telecoms provider, has been in exclusive talks since December to buy the country's biggest mobile network operator for 12.5 billion pounds in preference to buying Telefonica's O2.

BT declined to comment.


Eyes down for an RNS?