Stmt re Pre-emption Notice

Vodafone AirTouch PLC
10 December 1999

                                
              Vodafone announces BellSouth exercises 
                   pre-emptive right on E-Plus


Vodafone  AirTouch Plc ('Vodafone') announced on 4  October  1999
that it had reached an agreement with France Telecom SA providing
for  the sale of Vodafone's 17.24 per cent equity interest in  E-
Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, the German cellular network operator, for  a
cash   consideration  net  of  debt  of  DM3.42bn  (approximately
GBP1.10bn).  Vodafone is divesting this interest pursuant to  the
undertaking it gave to the European Commission in connection with
its merger with AirTouch Communications, Inc.  The agreement with
France  Telecom  provided  that  the  sale  be  carried  out   in
accordance with existing agreements amongst the shareholders of E-
Plus, which provided inter alia for a pre-emption right in favour
of BellSouth, one of the co-shareholders of E-Plus.

Vodafone announces that it has received a pre-emption notice from
BellSouth indicating that BellSouth is exercising its pre-emptive
right  in connection with Vodafone's sale of its interest  in  E-
Plus.

 
For further information please contact:

Tim Brown, Investor Relations Director, or
Melissa Stimpson, Senior Investor Relations Manager
at Vodafone AirTouch Plc
Telephone [phone]

Lulu Bridges
Tavistock Communications Limited
Tel: [phone]