STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 26, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Nasdaq:TLTOA) (Nasdaq:TLTOB) and (Stockholmsborsen:TEL2A)(Stockholmsborsen:TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has launched a GSM-network in Omsk, its fifth in Russia under the Tele2 brand.
The population covered by the GSM-license in Omsk is two million and the region's mobile penetration is approximately 13%. Tele2 is the third mobile operator to launch GSM-services in the region. As in Irkutsk, Rostov, St Petersburg and Kemerovo, the GSM-network in Omsk was launched based on the GSM1800 standard, having similar coverage per base station as the GSM900 standard by using a phased array antenna solution from Radio Components.
Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, CEO of Tele2 said; "The GSM-launch in Omsk follows on from our successful launches in Irkutsk, Rostov, St Petersburg and Kemerovo. The Russian mobile market offers substantial growth potential for Tele2 and we are very satisfied with our progress thus far."
Tele2 AB, formed in 1993, is the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company offering fixed and mobile telephony, data network and Internet services under the brands Tele2, Tango and Comviq to over 18.7 million people in 22 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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