Appt of Chief Executive

British Telecommunications PLC
28 November 2000

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                                                   November 28, 2000



                         GARY WEIS TO BE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE


                              OFFICER OF CONCERT



BT and AT&T today announced that Gary Weis, president and chief operating
officer of Concert, has been appointed that company's acting chief executive
officer with immediate effect.

In this temporary role, Gary Weis will report to BT's chairman, Sir Iain
Vallance, who is also chairman of Concert.

David Dorman, the previous chief executive officer, has been appointed
president of AT&T.

Concert

Concert, (www.concert.com) the US$7 billion global venture of AT&T and BT,
serves the global communications needs of business customers worldwide. It is
the industry's pre-eminent 'carriers' carrier,' providing wholesale
transborder services to fixed and wireless carriers, including AT&T and BT, as
well as Internet Service Providers worldwide. In addition, Concert offers a
comprehensive portfolio of voice, data and Internet services to customers
through a direct sales force serving 270 multinational customers (MNCs).

Through its network of 50-plus distributors, it also serves an additional
targeted base of 29,000 customers worldwide. Concert's frame relay network
serves every major city in the United States and the United Kingdom, and
extends to over 200 cities in 60 countries. Its global public network directly
reaches 237 countries, and its high-speed IP backbone network spans 21 cities
in 17 countries.



BT

British Telecommunications plc is one of the world's leading providers of
telecommunications services. Its principal activities include local, long
distance and international telecommunications services, mobile communications,
Internet services and IT solutions. In the UK, BT serves 28 million exchange
lines and more than seven million mobile customers, as well as providing
network services to other licensed operators.



BT has operations worldwide, with ventures, for example, in the Republic of
Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand,
Japan, Latin America and India.

In April, 2000, the company announced a re-grouping of its activities into
new, self-contained business units. These are:

*        BT Ignite, an international broadband network business, focussed
primarily on corporate and wholesale markets;

*        BTopenworld, an international, mass-market Internet business;

*        BT Wireless, an international mobile business, with a particular
emphasis on mobile data;

*        Yell, an international directories and associated e-commerce
business;

*        BT Retail, serving end-business and residential customers;  and

*        BT Wholesale, selling network capacity and call terminations to other
carriers.

BT and AT&T have also created Concert, the leading global telecommunications
company serving multi-national business customers, international carriers and
Internet service providers worldwide.

In November 2000, BT accelerated its radical structural transformation. A
separate network company, NetCo, will be created with the strategic intent of
listing up to 25%; focus will be tightened to within Western Europe and Japan;
up to 25% of BT Wireless will be listed in 2001; up to 25% of Yell will be
listed by the end of March 2001; and BT Ignite will be developed by the end of
2001 into a position from which it could be listed.

In the year to March 31, 2000, BT's total turnover, including its share of its
ventures' turnover, was £21,903m with a pre-tax profit of £2,942m.


AT&T

AT&T Corp. (www.att.com) is among the world's premier voice, video and data
communications companies.  With annual revenues of more than $62 billion and
160,000 employees, AT&T provides services to customers worldwide.

            Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs,
the company runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications
network and has one of the largest digital wireless networks in North America.
  The company is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for
businesses and offers outsourcing, consulting and networking-integration to
large businesses.  Through its recent cable acquisitions, AT&T delivers
broadband video, voice and data services to customers throughout the United
States.  Internationally, Concert, the AT&T/BT Global Venture, serves the
communications needs of multinational companies and international carriers
worldwide.





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