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Thought I'd logged onto the BT forum to hear what the current feeling was re the company and it's future, obviously I was wrong. Oh how I miss the days when people used to discuss the company.

Also not seen any official announcement as to the sterling rate?

According to the London Stock Exch BT's Market cap (£18bn) is now greater than Vodafone's (£17.88bn), not sure which company that says more about, BT on the up, Voda still sliding

Latest negative comment from Proactive Investors and Polo Tang. Strange how any negative comment from an analyst gets reported but the positive ones never do.

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1072012/five-reasons-why-bt-remains-a-sell-for-ubs-1072012.html

Effective date is 6th June,

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/RWI/satisfaction-of-regulatory-conditions/17053254

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Will we ever see the return of the dividend, a good set of results and no mention of the dividend returning.

Have received the dividend payments into my bank account, not sign of the £3.60 yet. As has been suggested, someones making money out of the delay, and it's not me!!

How long has this deal been on the table and only now the CMA decide to get involved!!

Assume they'll pay you the same way as you receive dividend payments, cheque or bank transfer

Sadly he's not the only one, thankfully there's only a couple of outliers with this opinion

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1070347/bt-the-risks-facing-the-telco-and-its-openreach-arm-1070347.html

Any views when this might happen, was hoping we'd have a better idea of the timescales by now?

Was only thinking yesterday with the gradual increase in BT's share price, it must be time for UBS to repeat it's sell rating, and sure enough this appeared on Proactive Investors yesterday

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1069809/bt-group-deemed-a-sell-as-ubs-eyes-rising-altnet-competition-1069809.html

It's almost as predictable as certain forum members stating roll on the bid!!

It amazes me that UBS repeat the same old message the've been pushing for years and the share price drops like a stone, others repeat their buy stance and it has no impact, somethings very wrong with the way the market works.

Https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/19/broadband-debt-squeeze-threatens-taxpayers-and-rail-pension/

Looks like one of their existing backers is cutting back on future funding

But it's OK for American companies (Apple Google etc.) to avoid paying taxes in countries they operate in, think the next 4 years could be very bumpy.

If the drop continues there's every chance the market cap will be smaller than BT's, there's only about £1.7Bn difference, can't ever remember it being that small a difference

Disappointing comment in yesterdays final results publication

C. Dividends

We do not expect to pay dividends on Carnival Corporation common stock and Carnival plc ordinary shares for at least the next couple of years.

The contrast with Royal Caribbean couldn't be mork stark.

Sadly there's still a chance they'll appeal, makes you wonder who's bankrolling them.

“However, we are carefully considering the Tribunal’s decision and whether the next step will be an appeal to the Court of Appeal to challenge this verdict.”

My heart sinks when I login and see green after green posts, remember when this forum used to discuss BT. Bring back Mandy, all is forgiven