NEW YORK and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 02, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Nasdaq:TLTOA) (Nasdaq:TLTOB) (Stockholmsborsen:TEL2A) (StockholmsborsenTEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has obtained 100% ownership in and full control over the Russian GSM operator "Sankt-Peterburg Telecom", by purchasing the remaining 14% stake in the company.
"Sankt-Peterburg Telecom" operates in Russia's second largest city, St Petersburg, with a population of 4.7 million.
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Tele2 AB, formed in 1993, is the leading profitable alternative pan-European telecommunications company offering fixed and mobile telephony, data network and Internet services under the brands Tele2, Tango and Comviq to 22.3 million people in 23 countries. Tele2 operates Datametrix, which specializes in systems integration, 3C Communications, providing integrated credit card processing, web payment solutions and public payphones; Transac, providing billing and transaction processing service; C(3), offering co-branded pre-paid calling cards and Optimal Telecom, the price-guaranteed residential router device. The Group offers cable television services and, together with MTG, owns the Internet portal Everyday.com. The Company is listed on the Stockholmsborsen, under TEL2A and TEL2B, and on the Nasdaq Stock Market under TLTOA and TLTOB.
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