Holding(s) in Company

BATM Advanced Communications Ld
01 May 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
BATM Advanced Communications Limited

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket
/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )
.................

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Gartmore Investment Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
................

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):
24 April 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:
25 April 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if    Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
possible using the ISIN
CODE
                              Number of shares    Number of voting Rights (viii)
IL0010849045                  38,498,017          38,498,017

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if     Number of    Number of voting    % of voting
possible using the ISIN     shares       rights (ix)         rights
CODE
                            Direct       Direct   Indirect     Direct   Indirect
                                         (x)      (xi)
                            39,055,717            39,055,717            10.023%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of      Expiration Exercise/      Number of voting rights that may   % of
financial    Date       Conversion     be acquired if the instrument is   voting
instrument   (xiii)     Period/ Date   exercised/ converted.              rights
                        (xiv)

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
.................

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
.................

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
.................

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
.................

13. Additional information:
All shares are held indirectly. All figures are based on the Companies issued
share capital of 389,677,837 as provided by Exshare.

14. Contact name: Ofer Bar-Ner, Finance Director

15. Contact telephone number: [phone]




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