Re Alliance

Embargoed for release at 7.00am, 26 March 2004

                     BATM Advanced Communications Limited                      

   Global distribution agreement signed with leading telecoms infrastructure   
                            supplier and integrator                            

BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC), a leading designer and
producer of broadband data and telecoms systems, announces that it has signed a
global distribution agreement with a leading European telecoms infrastructure
supplier and integrator.

Under the terms of the agreement, the integrator has agreed to sell BATM's
T-series IP switching and access products as part of its telecoms
infrastructure bids. The parties already have teams working to define new
products to address the needs of different customers. The parties expect to
make further details available following a successful outcome of a joint bid.

Dr Zvi Marom, Chief Executive of BATM, said:

'We are extremely excited by this agreement and are already working with this
firm on a number of major bids around the globe. The management of BATM is of
the view that this arrangement could reap significant financial rewards for
BATM assuming we are successful in winning any of these bids. We are now
gaining access to several sizeable customers on a scale that we have never seen
before.'

Enquiries:

BATM Advanced Communications 020 7831 3113

Dr Zvi Marom, Chief Executive

Ofer Bar Ner, Chief Financial Officer

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 020 7623 8000

Mark Smith

Shore Capital 020 7408 4090

Graham Shore

Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113

James Melville-Ross