Re Agreement

RNS Number:9725V
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC
18 December 2000


                       Scottish and Southern Energy plc
                                       
                    Powerful Link to Improve Communications

A comprehensive site sharing agreement has been announced between Vodafone and
Scottish  and Southern Energy.  The agreement will further improve  Vodafone's
existing mobile phone coverage in the Highlands and Islands especially in more
remote areas.  In the South of England it will assist Vodafone in meeting  the
continued  increase in customer usage.  The agreement will make  Scottish  and
Southern  Energy's existing 1000 communications sites throughout the North  of
Scotland and the South of England available to Vodafone and will also give  it
access to 10,000 pylons in these areas.

Using  Scottish and Southern Energy's existing infrastructure will reduce the
environmental and amenity impact of Vodafone's network throughout the north of
Scotland and the south of England.

As one of the successful bidders for a Third Generation (3G) licence, Vodafone
will also be rolling out its new network to provide mobile internet access and
other high bandwidth services.

Colin  Hood,  Scottish and Southern Energy's Director of Power Systems,  said:
"This  agreement is a welcome addition to our Telecoms business.  The  use  of
our  existing network of communications sites and electricity pylons  is  very
much  in  line  with government thinking to use and share existing  assets  to
avoid proliferation particularly in sensitive areas.

"We  have  developed relationships with the major communications companies  to
offer  our  existing  assets  in this way.  This reduces  the  impact  of  the
important  development of the telecoms network throughout the UK  and  assists
their speedy development through removing the need to construct a site and, if
necessary, to clear local planning requirements."

NOTE FOR NEWS EDITORS

SSE Telecoms is the telecoms arm of Scottish and Southern Energy.  SSE
Telecoms is building on the communications expertise built up in the energy
utility and recently  announced a #45 million investment programme to expand 
the  use  of fibre   optic   cable  to  link  major  centres  in  the  UK  and
to offer telecommunications network services to major customers.

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Andrew Dowler
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