Director Shareholding

British Telecommunications PLC
1 March 2001

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc

1 March 2001

NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTORS' INTERESTS IN THE ORDINARY SHARES OF BRITISH
TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc

Increase in technical interests in respect of:

Sir Peter Bonfield

Philip Hampton

William Cockburn

Following the payment of the interim dividend on 9 February 2001, the Company
Share Awards operated a dividend re-investment and dividend equivalent
investment on shares held in trust by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited as a
result the technical interest of each of the above-named directors in the
ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company has increased by 176,385 shares.

Following this adjustment, each of the above directors now has a technical
interest in 19,350,804 shares held by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited in
respect of various BT share award plans.



Date of event:     12 February 2001

Date Company informed of transaction: 28 February 2001