Bangkok--Feb 10--BT BT (British Telecommunications plc) today (February 9) announced the appointment of Mr. Somporn Leelasestaporn to the position of General Manager for BT Siam. He succeeds Mr. Ian Lafferty who has been appointed Director for Concert Channel Support for Asia Pacific and Japan, where he will be responsible for business development in the region including Thailand, Japan and the rest of Asia. “These executive appointments at BT Siam are part of the company’s on-going activities to provide worldclass standards of service and a broad array of seamless products to our customers in the Asia-Pacific region including Thailand,” said Mr. Ian Lafferty, who will be taking up his new post at Concert, the leading BT-owned global communications provider. Concert offers the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of managed voices, data and Internet services in more than 800 cities via 6,000 nodes, serving over 3,000 customers in more than 50 countries. As an exclusive provider, BT provides these advanced Concert global communications services in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle-East and South Africa. In Thailand, BT Siam has been doing business for more than nine years. Currently, the company provides Concert Packet Services (CPS) for companies using computer-based applications, in partnership with the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT). Already more than 100 multinational and regional companies are connected to Concert Global Data Network via BT’s Bangkok node. BT is one of the largest and most successful private telecommunications companies in the world, providing a variety of public and private voice, data, image and mobile services as well as consumer and business products. It is the largest private sector company in the UK and the second largest in Europe. BT’s turnover in 1997 worldwide was US$ 23 billion. For further information, please contact Chris Khoo or Nichanan Chiamsiri at Bangkok Public Relations Ltd. Tel : (662) 652 1946-7; 652 0455-6 Fax : (662) 652 1948--End.