Barclays among the Americans on BT talks

British Telecom is in exclusive talks with mobile business EE over a potential £12.5 billion deal

Barclays among the Americans on BT talks

UK bank Barclays is among a clutch of large Wall Street names advising on British Telecom's proposed £12.5 billion deal for EE.

BT announced after the local stock market closed Monday that it had entered into exclusive talks with Deutsche Telekom and Orange to discuss a £12.5 billion cash and stock deal for all of their UK mobile business, known as EE.

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