RNS Number:6861R
The Telecommunications Group PLC
04 November 2003


The Telecommunications Group plc (the "Company")


Following the Admission of the Company to AIM on 29 October 2003, and the
placing on behalf of Alan Dugard of 100,000,000 new ordinary shares with
institutional and other investors, conditional on Admission, the Company
announces the following new shareholders with holdings in excess of 3 per cent.
of the issued share capital of the Company:


                                      Number of ordinary    Percentage of issued
                                                  shares  ordinary share captial
Aberdeen Asset Management                     16,000,000                     4.2
UBS Asset Management Limited                  16,000,000                     4.2



Enquiries:

Martin Eberhardt                                                   07775 505 342
The Telecommunications Group plc


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