Increase: technical interests

British Telecommunications PLC
18 January 2001



BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc

18 January 2001

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

Increase 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 increased by 6856
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 97,388 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:     22nd December 2000

Date directors became aware of transaction: 18 January 2001