Calls to Mobile Phones to Increase

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
29 October 1999

                BT CALLS TO MOBILE PHONES
                            
BT today announced that the cost of calling mobile phones
from BT lines will increase from December 1, by at most a
penny per minute.

     The changes follow substantial reductions made by BT
on the calls earlier in the year and will still leave
them much lower than they were twelve months ago.

     The detailed changes are:

Prices in pence per minute, including VAT.
      
  Number         Current        Revised from          Change
  Range                       1.12.99                    
                              
             Day   Eve   Wkd   Day   Eve    Wkd   Day   Eve   Wkd
                                                               
 Calls to   19.8  19.2   2.0  20.6   20.0   3.0   0.8   0.8   1.0
BT Cellnet                                                     
 and Manx
 Telecom
  mobile
  number
  ranges
(fm1 rate)
     
 Calls to   20.6  15.0   7.4  21.4   15.8   8.2   0.8   0.8   0.8
 Vodafone                                                      
  number
  ranges
(fm5 rate)
     
 Calls to   25.3  17.9   8.0  26.0   18.7   8.8   0.8   0.8   0.8
 One2One                                                       
  number
  ranges
(fm3 rate)
   and
 Dolphin
  number
  ranges
(fm2 rate)
     
 Calls to   24.8  17.8   7.9  25.6   18.6   8.7   0.8   0.8   0.7
  Orange                                                       
  number
  ranges
(fm4 rate)
     
     A BT spokesman said: 'In April this year we cut the
cost of calling mobile phones from BT lines by an average
of more than 25 per cent.  Those lower prices reflected
lower costs and reduced payments to BT Cellnet and
Vodafone that BT had agreed following the 1998 enquiry by
the then Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC).

     'However, costs have not fallen as rapidly as
predicted and this minor adjustment is needed to cover
those costs and enable further network investment.'

     These price changes do not affect customers who have
joined the new BT Together scheme, which starts next
Monday, nor prices for business customers on the BT
Customer Commitment schemes.