RE: FT NOW6 Nov 2018 11:40
BT Group
Share price likely to keep climbing
11:17 am
BE
Yep, maybe!
11:17 am
BE
Or not. We don't know. TO BE CLEAR.
11:17 am
BE
All we can say currently is this: there's a suggestion being heard from multiple places in the market that Deutsche Telekom has recently been working with advisors on the long-rumoured full takeover of BT.
11:18 am
BE
It has also been rumoured in multiple places in the market that high-level discussions have happened between the companies very recently.
11:19 am
BE
Now, clearly, there are a lot of moving parts to this theory.
11:19 am
BE
Firstly the BT-DT standstill agreement, which doesn't expire until next year.
11:20 am
BE
Secondly the DT-Sprint regulatory process, which is ongoing.
11:20 am
BE
Thirdly, it's far from a new idea. Chris Williams at the Telegraph has been writing it every other month for half a decade: https://www.telegr...t-for-Germans.html
11:22 am
BE
All we can say is that there's definitely a specific rumour in the darker corners of the market right now suggesting things have moved and, by making it public here, we are only seeking to let sunlight be the disinfectant.