RNS Number:4235R
Telecommunications Group PLC
29 October 2003

                        The Telecommunications Group plc
Completion of the Acquisition of Cellular Holdings Limited and Admission to AIM



The Telecommunications Group plc (formerly called Roxspur PLC) (the "Company")
announces completion of the acquisition of Cellular Holdings Limited ("Cellular
Holdings") and the admission today of the entire issued share capital of the
Company to trading on AIM (consisting of 378,262,622 new ordinary shares of 1p
each) ("Admission").  The share reorganisation reducing the nominal value of
each ordinary share from 10p to 1p was effected upon Admission.



Board Changes



Effective today, Michael Hanna is appointed Chief Executive Officer, Graham
Pollard is appointed Sales and Commercial Director and Ross Sampson is appointed
Marketing Director.  Peter Ryan will continue as Chairman and Martin Eberhardt,
who is currently a non-executive Director, will be appointed as Group Finance
Director.



Grant of Options



In accordance with the resolutions passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting
held on 23 October 2003, options to subscribe for new ordinary shares have today
been granted to Peter Ryan, Martin Eberhardt and Graham Pollard as follows:


                                               Number of new

                                          ordinary shares in

                               respect of which options have
                                                been granted


                                                                              Exercise Price

Peter Ryan                                         1,276,636                          3.125p
Martin Eberhardt                                   1,276,636                          3.125p
Graham Pollard                                     3,782,626                          3.125p





Michael Hanna, the Chief Executive Officer of The Telecommunications Group plc,
commented:



"This is a significant phase in the development of The Telecommunications Group
as an established supplier of integrated fixed line and mobile
telecommunications services in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands.  Your Board
believes that the listing will give the group the required status and profile to
grow rapidly."





For further information, please contact:


Peter Ryan                                           +44 (0) 7768 530 468
The Telecommunications Group plc

Michael Hanna                                        + 31 (0) 205711 711
The Telecommunications Group plc

Martin Eberhardt                                     + 44 (0) 7775 505 342
The Telecommunications Group plc

Ross Sampson                                         +31 (0) 64826 6368
The Telecommunications Group plc

Jonathan Hinton/Byron Griffin                        +44 (0) 20 7936 3000
Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance

Bobby Morse/Jeremy Garcia                            +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Buchanan Communications








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