not so Smart!12 Oct 2006 09:58
Smart is small fry in the Irish market.Their business has been seriously dented by the switch off and many of the phone subscribers have reverted back to Eircom.Similarly their broadband was sold as part of a phone user/broadband package.This company was going to the wall up to two weeks ago until Brendan Murtagh came to its rescue YET again,pumping in much needed funds and guaranteeing its debts.In return for this investment he has now a 90% interest,and us shareholders are left with 10% which is not bad in the overall scheme of things.I for my part have taken a hammering on this particular share from entry points at 18p,13p and laterly at 3.75p.The asset sale will I fear be a salvage job,and remember they still have the possibility of the 3G licence which they are persueing through the courts.Hope springs eternity!