INTERNATIONAL
                                   CABLETEL
                                 INCORPORATED


                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED  ACQUIRES REMAINING  MINORITY INTEREST IN
ENGLISH CABLE ENTERPRISES THE CORPORATION WHICH OWNS THE HERTFORDSHIRE AND
BEDFORDSHIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE FRANCHISES


     (Farnborough, Hampshire; New York, New York; September 3, 1996)
International CableTel Incorporated (Nasdaq: ICTL) ("CableTel") announced today
that it had acquired the remaining 30% minority interest of English Cable
Enterprises, Inc. ("ECE") that CableTel did not own.  ECE owns and operates
through subsidiaries four telecommunications and cable television franchises in
the Northern suburbs of London (Central and East Hertfordshire and South and
North Bedfordshire). These franchises comprise approximately 348,600 franchised
homes.

     In the transaction, CableTel exchanged 1.415 million shares of its common
stock for the remaining stock interest in ECE that was held by ECE's minority
partners. Resale of the 1.415 million shares issued in the transaction is
generally restricted such that (subject to compliance with the securities laws)
25% of the shares are eligible for sale commencing March 4, 1997, with the
remaining shares being eligible for sale commencing September 4, 1998. Following
the transaction, CableTel has outstanding approximately 32 million shares of
common stock and approximately 21.9 million shares are reserved for issuance
upon the exercise of options, warrants and the conversion of convertible
securities.

     CableTel also operates telecommunications and cable television franchises
in the West of Scotland, South Wales, Northern Ireland, West Surrey and East
Hampshire and West Yorkshire.  Earlier this year CableTel announced the
acquisition of NTL, the UK national telecoms operator who provides network
transmission services for the UK's non-BBC television and radio networks and is
a supplier of network services to mobile radio operators.  CableTel and NTL are
in the process of linking CableTel's high-capacity local loop fiber optic
network with NTL's broadband national network to create the first national
integrated broadband network in the UK.

 
        "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995:

Except for the historical information presented, the matters discussed in this
release may include forward-looking statements.  They represent CableTel's
reasonable judgment on the future and are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially.  Such factors include, a
change in economic conditions in the various geographic areas served by
CableTel's operations which would adversely affect the level of demand for its
product; greater-than anticipated competitive activity; and the impact of new
business opportunities.  These and other factors related to the business are
described in CableTel's annual report on Form 10-K.

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For further information contact: John Gregg, Vice President-Corporate
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Development or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice-President-General Counsel at
(212)906-8440.