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Atlantic Telecom Group PLC
31 July 2000

                 New Territory for Atlantic
                              
           High speed DSL tests launched in Paris
             Manchester switches on to Atlantic


Atlantic Telecom Group PLC (Atlantic), the innovative pan
European will  be  operated  by  Atlantic's  subsidiary
first :telecom,   which  last   month   launched   SDSL
(synchronous   digital  subscriber  line)   services   in
Frankfurt.  Services in Munich are scheduled to  go  live
later this year and other major German cities will follow 
shortly thereafter.

Atlantic's Managing Director, Gordon Sleigh, said : "I am
delighted  that  Atlantic, one of only three  operators, is now
active  in  the  deployment of DSL services  in  the  UK,
France and Germany."

SDSL  uses  existing telephone connections to  homes  and
businesses to provide always-on, high-bandwidth
connections (up to 2.3Mbits per second) to the Internet  and  other
data services.

"Through  our  recent acquisition of first :telecom,  the
Group  is  building  up a portfolio of  technologies  and
services which are ideally suited to our target market:
small  to  medium  sized enterprises (SMEs) throughout  Europe,"
continued Mr Sleigh.

"Our expansion in the UK is also progressing well.  I  am
delighted  to  announce that Atlantic has launched  fixed
wireless services in Manchester, the first of our  target
cities outside Scotland.

"Services have been launched on schedule, with the first of
our  base  stations  switched on today.   In  the  coming
months,  Atlantic will be offering our uniquely  tailored
services  to  SMEs as well as to many high level residential users across
Greater Manchester."

In the UK, Atlantic is using its innovative fixed wireless
technology  to  provide  high-speed  data  services  with
always-on connection and speeds of up to 2.4  Mbits per second,
with  costs  starting  at  under  #50  per  month,  which
includes all fixed-line UK-based phone calls.

"Businesses are crying out for the benefits that affordable
high-speed data can offer them - but until now, the price
of  such  services has been prohibitive for many  smaller
businesses," said Mr Sleigh.

"The entire European marketplace is being transformed  by
new   generations  of  high  speed,  high   quality   and
accessible technologies, and Atlantic intends  to  remain
at the forefront of that revolution."
                              
                              
Notes to editors :

Atlantic is listed on the London Stock Exchange, in the
FTSE250.
Headquartered in Aberdeen, the Group employs a total of
1,100 people in the UK, France and Germany

For further information, please contact :

Susy Atkinson
Atlantic Telecom              01224 454000
                              07808 397374

Patrick Toyne Sewell, Sara Thomas
Citigate Dewe Rogerson        0207 638 9571

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