BT Group plc (trading as BT) is a holding company which owns British Telecommunications plc, a British multinational telecommunications company with head offices in London, United Kingdom. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, mobile and broadband services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services. 

BT's origins date back to the founding of the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846 which developed a nationwide communications network. In 1912, the General Post Office, a government department, became the monopoly telecoms supplier in the United Kingdom. The Post Office Act of 1969 led to the GPO becoming a public corporation. British Telecommunications, trading as "British Telecom", was formed in 1980, and became independent of the Post Office in 1981. British Telecommunications was privatised in 1984, becoming "British Telecommunications plc", with some 50 percent of its shares sold to investors. The Government sold its remaining stake in further share sales in 1991 and 1993. BT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. 

BT controls a number of large subsidiaries. BT Global Services division supplies telecoms services to corporate and government customers worldwide, and its BT Consumer division supplies telephony, broadband, and subscription television services in Great Britain to around 18 million customers. BT announced in February 2015 that it had agreed to acquire EE for £12.5 billion, and received final regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority on 15 January 2016. The transaction was completed on 29 January 2016. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. WHat holding does British Telecom have?
2. What is British Telecom's holding?
3. Which holding is the property of British Telecom?
Q2:
1. What is the location of British Telecom?
2. In what country is British Telecom located?
3. What country is British Telecom in?
Q3:
1. Does British Telecom do business outside the United Kingdom?
2. Is any of British Telecom's business outside the UK?
3. Does British Telecom ever conduct business not inside the UK?
Q4:
1. How many countries does British Telecom do business in, outside the UK?
2. Apart from the United Kingdom, how many countries is there British Telecom operations in?
3. What is the number of countries where British Telecom conducts business, apart from the UK?
Q5:
1. In 1912, which organization were UK telecoms controlled by?
2. Who was in charge of telecoms in the United Kingdom in 1912?
3. In 1912, What organization had control over the United Kingdom's telecoms?
Q6:
1. What act made the General Post Office a public corporation?
2. Which act turned the General Post Office into a public corporation?
3. By what authority was the General Post Office transformed into a public corporation?
Q7:
1. What business was created in 1980?
2. In 1980, what company was formed?
3. What corporation came about in 1980?
Q8:
1. When did British Telecom go private?
2. In what year was British Telecom privatized?
3. What year did British Telecom go private in?
Q9:
1. How many shares of British Telecom were of investors?
2. What percentage of British Telecom shares were investor shares?
3. What was the percent of investor shares in British Telecom?
Q10:
1. did the government keep its shares of British Telecom?
2. Did the government retain its stake in British Telecom?
3. Were the government's shares of British Telecom retained?
Q11:
1. When did the government sell its shares in British Telecom?
2. In what years did the government let go of its stake in British Telecom?
3. When did the government sell the shares it had in Britihs Telecom?
Q12:
1. Does British Telecom have a secondary listing?
2. Has British Telecom got a secondary listing?
3. Is there a secondary listing for British Telecom?
