Completion of Offering,etc

BATM Advanced Communications Limited
15 March 2000


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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, 14
March 2000.  In response to strong investor demand,
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, as sole bookrunner, has placed
800,000 new ordinary shares, with institutional investors
at a price of £70.00 per share. The Company will receive
approximately £54.0 million (approximately US$85 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, 22
March 2000 and the new shares are expected to commence
trading at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, 23 March 2000.

For further information:

BATM                                    00 972 3 938 6888
Ofer Bar-Ner, Chief Financial Officer

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson               0207 623 8000
Mark Smith

Shore Capital and Corporate Limited     0207 734 7293
Graham Shore

Ludgate Communications                  0207 253 2252
Edward Macquisten