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RNS No 9894k
ATLANTIC TELECOM GROUP PLC
26th May 1998

    ATLANTIC TELECOM LAUNCHES NEW 'CITY' RATE TARIFFS
        FOR MAJOR CITIES IN THE UK AND WORLD-WIDE

Advanced telecommunications company Atlantic Telecom
Group   PLC   (Atlantic  or  Atlantic  Telecom)   is
continuing its innovative approach to tariffing  and
highly competitive pricing policy by introducing two
new  'City'  rates to its existing  residential  and
business call charging structure.

Atlantic's   'Local'  City  Rate  will   allow   its
customers  to call major cities in the  UK  for  the
price  of  a 'local' call.  This extends its  normal
'local'  call area which currently covers the  whole
of  Scotland and London (0171 and 0181).   Customers
will  now  benefit from calling Birmingham, Belfast,
Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Tyneside and Liverpool
for the same 'local' rate.

The  'Global'  City Rate, unique to  Atlantic,  will
focus  on  calls to selected cities and  will  offer
Atlantic  customers  one fixed unit  price  for  all
calls  to a number of City destinations.  The Cities
which  are  included in this new 'Global' City  Rate
are  Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, Berlin,  Amsterdam,
Oslo,  Dublin, Stockholm, Madrid, Milan, Copenhagen,
New  York, Houston, Los Angeles, Montreal,  Toronto,
Sydney  and  Melbourne.  The cost of  calling  these
cities  will  be  13p per minute Peak  and  10p  per
minute Off Peak, plus VAT.

Atlantic  Telecom's  unique new tariffing  structure
will  benefit  both residential customers  who  have
family  abroad  and small and medium sized  business
customers    who   make   frequent    European    or
Transatlantic business calls.

Graham  J.  Duncan, Executive Chairman  of  Atlantic
Telecom  commented, "The 'Local' and  'Global'  City
Rate  heralds a new era in telecoms pricing  and  it
further reinforces Atlantic's commitment to breaking
down   the  barriers  between  distance  and   cost.
Atlantic's   introduction  of   these   new   tariff
structures  is  another example of the  added  value
that we offer to our customers".

A  niche  player  focusing  on  product  differentiation  and
innovation,  Atlantic  currently services  Glasgow  with  its
fixed  radio  access system and the whole  of  Scotland  with
Crest,  an  innovative  proprietary  indirect  service.   The
company will continue to build its fixed radio access network
in Scotland, with Aberdeen being the next target city.

Enquiries:

Graham J Duncan
Executive Chairman
Atlantic Telecom Group PLC
Tel: 01224-646 644
Mobile: 0468-106107

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