ATN Aterian Plc

RNS No 6669w
ATLANTIC TELECOM GROUP PLC
7 October 1999


                   ATLANTIC TELECOM GROUP PLC

           RECORD GROWTH IN LINES AT ATLANTIC TELECOM
                 QUARTER ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1999



Atlantic   Telecom  Group  PLC,  the  innovative
provider    of    high   quality,    value-added
telecommunications  services,  is   pleased   to
announce    its   telecommunications   operating
statistics  for  its second  quarter,  ended  30
September 1999.

Highlights

*    Total    lines   installed   and    pending
     installation  have  risen  to  81,799,   an
     increase of 14,806 in the quarter
*    Directly connected network lines have shown
     a record increase of 7,020 to reach 39,221.
     This  increase is over 800 lines  ahead  of
     last quarter's increase of  6,197
*    Churn has been very subdued over the summer
     quarter  with business churn down by  0.52%
     to  14.94% and residential churn marginally
     improved  at  13.19% for the  twelve  month
     period ended 30 September 1999
*    The   "Crest"  indirect  service  has   had
     another  substantial  quarter  with   lines
     increasing to 23,476 from 16,137.
*    Atlantic  Logicall has increased its  lines
     to 19,102 from 18,655 at 30 June 1999

Graham  J Duncan, Executive Chairman of Atlantic
Telecom, commented:

"This  quarter has again been a significant  one
for the Group, with a continuing acceleration in
customers and customer lines. The summer quarter
is  usually slower because of holidays but  that
has  been less noticeable this year.  Our growth
over  this  period  is, therefore,  particularly
encouraging.  In  the next  quarter  period,  we
expect  further progress in October and November
whilst anticipating a quiet December because  of
the  Christmas period, in line with our business
plan."


For further information please contact:

Graham  J  Duncan, Executive Chairman,  Atlantic
Telecom Group PLC
Tel: 01224 454000

Patrick Toyne Sewell, Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Tel: 0171 638 9571

                                
                   ATLANTIC TELECOM GROUP PLC
                                
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER
                     ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1999
                                

The  Board  of  Atlantic Telecom Group PLC  ("Atlantic"  or  "the
Group")  is  pleased  to announce the Group's  telecommunications
operating statistics for the quarter ended 30 September 1999.

The  total  lines  installed  and  pending  installation  at   30
September 1999 have risen to 81,799, an increase of 14,806 in the
quarter  since  30  June 1999 and well ahead  of  the  equivalent
quarter last year when the growth was 4,684 lines.

The  operating  statistics are summarised below.  The  detail  is
attached: -

                               At            At
                          30/9/99       30/6/99
a)Atlantic
Tele-
Communications
Ltd
Lines
Installed &
Pending
installation*              62,697        48,338

b)Logicall
Tele-
Communications
Ltd.
Lines
Installed &
Pending
installation               19,102        18,655
                            -----         -----
                           81,799        66,993
                            -----         -----

*Includes  both  direct  and indirect installations  and  pending
installations


The  number  of direct lines on the Group's networks,  which  are
included in the above figures, has reached 39,221 at 30 September
compared to 32,201 at 30 June, a record increase of 7,020 in  the
quarter, compared to a growth of 6,197 last quarter.

Business  churn  was  14.94%  for  the  twelve  months  ended  30
September  1999,  an  improvement of 0.52%  on  the  twelve-month
period  to  30  June  1999.   Churn  in  the  residential  market
continues at low levels and was 13.19% in the twelve-month period
to  30 September 1999, a slight improvement on the churn for  the
twelve-month period ended 30 June 1999.

Logicall  Telecommunications Limited, the Group's management  and
least   cost  routing  company  which  targets  larger   business
customers, continues to grow its line base.  At 30 September 1999
Logicall had 19,102 lines under management, compared to 18,655 at
30 June 1999.

The "Crest" indirect residential and business service has had  an
excellent  quarter that has seen its lines increase by  7,339  to
reach 23,476 at 30 September.

Network  build for the quarter has accelerated compared  to  last
quarter and at 30 September 1999, there was 118 base stations  in
operation, compared to 103 at 30 June 1999.


Commenting, Graham J Duncan, Executive Chairman stated:

"This  quarter  has again been a significant one for  the  Group,
with  a  continuing acceleration in customers and customer lines.
The summer quarter is usually slower because of holidays but that
has  been less noticeable this year.  Our growth over this period
is,  therefore,  particularly encouraging. In  the  next  quarter
period, we expect further progress in October and November whilst
anticipating a quiet December because of the Christmas period, in
line with our business plan."


                   ATLANTIC TELECOM GROUP PLC

Certain Operating Data
The  following  table  sets  forth certain  data  concerning  the
Group's telecommunications operations as of and for the six-month
period  ended 30 September 1999, the three-month period ended  30
June 1999, and for the twelve-month period ended 31 March 1999.

                               As of and for the periods ended
                        31 Mar,      30 Jun     30 Sept
                           1999        1999        1999
Direct
Tele-
Communications
(Atlantic
Telecom
FRA
Service)

Residential
Customer
Data
Estimated
Residential
Homes
passed (1)              533,323     551,530     613,014

Residential
customers (2)            11,154      13,561      16,775

Residential
Customer
lines (2)                21,773      26,753      33,329

Pene-
tration
rate
of
estimated
residential
homes
passed (3)                    2.1%        2.5%        2.7%

Average
Lines
Per
Residential
customer (4)                  1.95        1.97        1.99

Residential
Customer
churn (5)                    13.50%      13.56%      13.19%

Business
Customer
Data

Estimated
Business
Premises
passed (1)               32,390      33,621      36,826

Business
customers (2)             1,324       1,591       1,687

Business
Customer
lines (2)                 4,231       5,448       5,892

Penetration
rate of
estimated
business
premises
passed (3)                    4.1%        4.7%        4.6%

Average
lines per
business
customer (4)                  3.19        3.42        3.49

Business
Customer
churn (5)                    14.99%      15.46%      14.94%

Network
Data

Number
of base
stations                    101         103         118

Indirect
Tele-
Communications
(Atlantic
Telecom
Crest
Service)

Residential
customers (2)             7,930      15,542      22,464

Residential
Customer
lines (2)                 8,303      15,594     22,556

Average
lines per
residential
customer (4)                  1.05        1.00        1.00

Business
customers (2)                41         166        361

Business
Customer
lines (2)                   242         543         920

Average
lines per
business
customer (4)                  5.90        3.27        2.55

Tele-
Communications
Management
& Least-
Cost
Routing
(Atlantic
Logicall)


Business
customers (2)               597         587         593

Business
Customer
lines (2)                17,663      18,655      19,102

Average
lines per
business
customer (4)                 29.6        31.8        32.2


TOTAL
TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS
LINES                    52,212      66,993      81,799


(1)  Estimated homes passed or estimated business premises passed
is the Company's estimate of the residential homes or business
premises seen by the direct networks which are capable of
connection to a base station or to a fibre network excluding
certain multiple dwelling units which the Company does not
presently serve.
(2)  Residential or business customers or residential or business
customer lines represent the number of customers or lines which
are connected and in service, the number of customers or lines
for which customers, where applicable, have contracted for
service but are not yet connected and the number of customers or
lines where service has been suspended but the customers or lines
have not yet been disconnected.
(3)  Penetration rate of estimated homes or estimated business
premises passed is calculated by dividing the number of
residential customers or business customers on the given date by
the estimated homes or estimated business premises passed as of
such date, expressed as a percentage.
(4)  The average lines per customer is calculated by dividing the
number of lines on a given date by the number of customers on
that date.
(5)   Churn  is calculated by dividing net disconnections  (total
disconnections less the number of disconnected accounts for which
service is later restored and disconnections for customers moving
premises  and reconnecting at their new premises) in a period  by
the  average number of customers in the period (calculated as the
simple  average  of the number of customers at the  end  of  each
month during the period.) Churn is expressed on a rolling twelve-
month basis, meaning that the churn is calculated over the twelve
months  ended  on  31 March 1999, 30 June 1999 and  30  September
1999.
                                


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