Director Shareholding

British Telecommunications PLC
8 February 2001

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc

8 February 2001

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

Decrease in technical interests in respect of:

Sir Iain Vallance

Sir Peter Bonfield

Phillip Hampton

Bill Cockburn

As a result of an adjustment which has been made in respect of the
appropriation of shares to eligible employees under the BT Employee Share
Ownership Scheme, the technical interest of each of the above-named directors
in the ordinary shares of 25p each of the Company has decreased by 8062
shares.

Following this adjustment, each of the above directors now has a technical
interest, together with all employees of BT under section 13 of the Companies
Act 1985, in 89,326 shares held in the name of BT Employee Shares Trustees
Limited in respect of the BT Employee Share Ownership Scheme. There have been
no other changes in the directors' technical or individual interests.



Date of event:     7th February 2001

Date directors became aware of transaction: 8 February 2001