Flying Start to Millennium for Vodafone Airtouch

Vodafone AirTouch PLC
4 April 2000


  FLYING START TO NEW MILLENNIUM FOR VODAFONE AIRTOUCH

Vodafone AirTouch Plc (Vodafone AirTouch) today announces
world  wide  proportionate customer growth of  more  than
3.55  million during the first calendar quarter of  2000.
This represents a 52 per cent increase when compared with
the  first calendar quarter of 1999 and brings the  total
proportionate customer base to over 39.1 million. If  the
additional  customers resulting from the  acquisition  of
Mannesmann, which is still subject to approval  from  the
European   Commission,  were  to  be  included,  Vodafone
AirTouch's total world wide customer growth for the first
quarter of 2000 would have been 5.1 million with a  total
base of more than 53 million.

In  the  UK  Region Vodafone connected  851,000  net  new
customers,  an increase of over 21 percent  on  the  same
quarter in 1999. Of these 839,000 were connected  to  the
pre-paid  Pay  as You Talk (PAYT) service,  bringing  the
total  PAYT base to over 5 million. The UK base  for  all
customers is now almost 8.8 million.

In  the  Europe, Middle East and Africa Region,  Vodafone
AirTouch  added more than 1.6 million net new  customers,
up  over  54 per cent on the equivalent quarter of  1999,
giving  the  region  a total of more than  15.66  million
customers. Once the Mannesmann transaction has completed,
a  further  13.9 million customers will be added  in  the
Region.

In  the  Americas and Asia Pacific Region at the  end  of
March 2000, Vodafone AirTouch had a customer base of more
than  14.68  million,  having added  over  1,096,000  new
customers  during the quarter. Over 774,000 new customers
were added in the US, including 419,000 customers through
the  acquisition of CommNet Cellular, and an increase  in
ownership in PrimeCo Personal Communications.

Commenting  Chris  Gent,  Chief  Executive  said:   'This
quarter  has  yet  again  shown  strong  improvement   in
customer  numbers, and exceptional growth in data  usage.
With  the recently announced closure of the joint venture
with   Bell  Atlantic  in  the  US  and  the  anticipated
completion  of the Mannesmann transaction, the  Group  is
well   positioned   to   benefit   from   the   continued
acceleration  in world wide wireless penetration  and  to
capture  the  tremendous growth opportunity in  data  and
internet services.'

                            
For further information contact:
Terry Barwick, Director of Corporate Affairs
Melissa Stimpson, Senior Investor Relations Manager
at Vodafone AirTouch Plc
Tel:  [phone]

Lulu Bridges
Tavistock Communications
Tel: [phone]