Shares in British Telecommunications Plc rose 11 pence at 397.5 pence after the Financial Times reported that Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd, in which it holds 60%, plans to spend an extra 1bn pounds over the next five years to extend geographic coverage of its digital network to 80% of Britain. The network improvements are crucial to Cellnet’s plans to introduce advanced third generation services from the year 2001 onwards.
