Kristina Vallin Appointed New Director of Human Resources at Tele2 AB

Stockholm - Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Stockholm Stock Exchange: TEL2 A
and TEL2 B), announced today that Kristina Vallin has been appointed
new Director of Human Resources at Tele2 AB. Kristina Vallin succeeds
Bo Lindgren as he will be leaving the company.

Kristina Vallin has a strong background from her previous roles as
Director of Human Resources at Tele2 Sweden and Human Resource
Manager at Carnegie Investment Bank AB.
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Further information can be obtained from:
Harri Koponen, President and CEO, Tel: +46 8 5626 4000
Lars Torstensson, Investor Inquiries, Tel: +46 702 73 48 79
Pernilla Oldmark, Press Inquiries, Tel: +46 704 26 45 45

Tele2 is one of Europe's leading alternative telecom operators.
Tele2's mission is to provide affordable and easy connectivity for
everyone at anytime. Tele2 always strives to offer the market's best
prices. We have 25.4 million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offers
mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network
services, cable TV and content services. Ever since Jan Stenbeck
founded the company in 1993, it has been a tough challenger to the
former government monopolies and other established providers. Tele2
has been listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange since 1996. In 2008, we
had net sales of SEK 39.5 billion and reported an operating profit
(EBITDA) of SEK 8.2 billion.