Last week on Friday 2nd Feb, Vodafone, the the UK’s seconding telecoms giant (BT plc being the primary telecoms group) paid out its Feb 2024 dividend
€0.045 = 3.84525p a share
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/VOD/total-voting-rights/16270840
the total number of voting rights in Vodafone is 27,078,739,427
Thus:-
27,078,739,427 x £0.0384525 = £1,041,245,227.8167175
That is £1041 millions paid to shareholders = £1.041 Billion
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/VOD/vodafone-group-plc/company-page