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                                                                28th April, 1997

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                        Contact: Allen Saunders
                                                 Executive Director of
                                                 Corporate Communications
                                                 0181 873 5241

                                                 Joanne Wake
                                                 Media Relations Manager
                                                 0181 873 5244

                             NYNEX CABLECOMMS GROUP

                RECOMMENDED OFFERS FOR NYNEX CABLECOMMS DECLARED
             WHOLLY UNCONDITIONAL; NYNEX APPOINTED DIRECTORS RESIGN

     NYNEX CableComms Group announced today that Cable & Wireless Communications
plc ("CWC") has made a press announcement that all of the conditions of the
recommended offers (the "Offers") for NYNEX CableComms Group PLC and NYNEX
CableComms Group Inc. have been either satisfied or waived and that the Initial
Offer Period, as extended, and withdrawal rights with respect to the Offers
expired today at 2:30 p.m. (London time), 9:30 a.m. (New York City time). As a
result, CWC has announced that it has accepted for purchase Units and American
Depositary Shares representing approximately 92.6% of the Ordinary Shares of
NYNEX CableComms Group PLC and approximately 92.6% of the Common Stock of NYNEX
CableComms Group Inc.

     NYNEX CableComms Group also announced that in connection with the Offers,
the following directors of NYNEX CableComms Group PLC and NYNEX CableComms Group
Inc. appointed by NYNEX Corporation have resigned effective upon the Offers
being declared wholly unconditional: Robert Anderson, Jeffrey Bowden and Melvin 
Meskin.

     The directors of NYNEX CableComms Group PLC and NYNEX CableComms Group
Inc. accept responsibility for the information in this press announcement. To
the best of the knowledge and belief of such directors (who have taken all
reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) such information is in
accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import
of such information.