Datastream Price Changes

BT Group PLC
04 September 2003



NR 0335                                                        September 4, 2003


        BT DELIVERS MORE BROADBAND PRICE CHANGES FOR WHOLESALE OPERATORS

BT today announced it is to reduce further the price for its BT DataStream
wholesale broadband product aimed at fixed line operators. BT is making the
change following discussions with customers and Oftel regarding the price
relative to the current IPStream Home 500 product.

The BT DataStream price reduction, which was notified to Oftel today, will cut
the cost of the end-user element of the broadband connection by 50p to £8.05. In
addition, BT will be raising the monthly rental of its 2Mbit/s business product,
IPStream Office 2000, from £38 to £43; this is still substantially lower than
the rental of £80. charged in March. BT IPStream S2000 rental will also go up
from £43 to £48; this compares with £85 in March this year.

These changes will mean that wholesale customers taking Datastream will have
more flexibility in competing with BT's IPStream products in what is already
Europe's most competitive broadband market.

The DataStream price cut comes into effect tomorrow; the other changes will be
effective from 16 October.

BT currently supplies broadband services to more than 150 Service Providers
and has connected more than 1.2 million customers to broadband based on BT's
ADSL products.

Note to editors

BT IPStream: Utilising ADSL technology and BT's core IP network to offer
broadband internet and data services to ISPs and businesses on 1,650 exchanges
across the UK. Currently more than 150 ISPs buy BT IPStream providing service to
more than 1,200,000 customers.

BT DataStream: Offers telecom carriers and service providers a dedicated ATM
network on which to develop their own IP applications such as teleworking,
branch office networking and internet access services. BT DataStream is used by
OLOs to offer broadband services to ISPs and businesses across the UK.


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