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To: Mark Fowler who wrote (56518)	5/13/1999 9:29:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164685

Telewest<TWT.L>locked in merger talks,losses widen LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Telewest Communications Plc, the British cable group locked in merger talks with peer Cable and Wireless Communications <CWZ.L>, said on Thursday it was riding a wave of demand for its services as it posted wider pre-tax losses. Telewest said almost 34.7 percent of households in its territories were taking its packages and fewer were leaving as it unveiled first quarter, pre-tax losses of 135.08 million pounds ($218.6 million), up from a 70.25 million loss last time. Britain's second biggest cable group -- in which U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> is buying a 29.9 percent stake -- said it added nearly 29,000 net new TV customers and over 24,000 net new residential telephone customers in the quarter, giving it a customer base of 1.4 million households. MORE Rtr 09:08 05-13-99