Apptmt of Adviser/Stockbroker

BATM ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
18 October 1999


        BATM Advanced Communications Ltd ('BATM')
    Appointment of financial adviser and stockbroker
                                                        
The board of BATM is pleased to announce the appointment
with immediate effect of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson as its
financial adviser and joint corporate stockbroker. Shore
Capital and Corporate Limited remains as joint financial
adviser and stockbroker to BATM.

Enquiries:

BATM Advanced Communications       972 3938 6886
Ofer Bar-Ner   
(Finance Director)

Shore Capital and Corporate        0207 734 7293
Graham Shore                       

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson          0207 623 8000
Mark Smith     
Chris Wilkinson