Completion of Offering,etc

BATM Advanced Communications Ld
11 November 1999


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            BATM Advanced Communications Limited
                              
                   Completion of Offering

BATM   Advanced   Communications  Limited  ('BATM'   or   the
'Company')  announces that it has completed the  offering  of
new  ordinary  shares  which  was  announced  on  Tuesday,  9
November  1999.  Dresdner Kleinwort  Benson,  as  sole  book-
runner,   has   placed   3,296,740   new   ordinary   shares,
approximately  9.99  per cent. of the existing  issued  share
capital  of  the Company, with institutional investors  at  a
price   of  £38.50  per  share.   The  Company  will  receive
approximately £122.4 million (approximately US$196.6 million)
net of expenses of the Offering.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the
new  shares  to  be  admitted to  the  Official  List.  Share
certificates  are  expected to be  issued  on  Wednesday,  17
November  1999  and the new shares are expected  to  commence
trading  at  8:00  a.m. on Thursday, 18 November  1999.  Upon
completion of the Offering, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson will be
granted  an option by the Company to subscribe (at  any  time
until  30  November 2000) for 33,000 shares of the  Company's
issued  share  capital  at  the  Offering  price  of  £38.50.
Yesterday,  Dr  Zvi Marom sold 150,000 and Dr  Dan  Kaznelson
sold  1,000 ordinary shares at the Offering price of  £38.50.
Their holdings are now 10,175,090 and 112,636 ordinary shares
respectively.

Commenting  on  the Offering, Dr Zvi Marom,  Chief  Executive
said:

'I  am delighted with the response to the Offering.  As  well
as  providing  funding  for future acquisitions  and  further
development  of our product range, we welcome the  broadening
of our shareholder base.'

For further information:

BATM                                        00 972 3 938 6888
Ofer Bar-Ner, Chief                                          
Financial Officer
                                                             
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson                       0207 623 8000
Mark Smith                                                   
Christopher Wilkinson
                                                             
Shore Capital and Corporate                     0207 734 7293
Limited
Graham Shore                 
                             
Ludgate Communications                          0207 253 2252
Edward Macquisten