Sverker Hannervall appointed Head of Business Services

Sverker Hannervall appointed Head of Business Services

Sverker Hannervall was recently recruited from Cisco to head up TeliaSonera's
business to business sales organisation in Sweden from August 1, 2008. In
addition to those responsibilities, he has now been appointed Senior Vice
President and Head of the Business Services sales division in Sweden and
Finland.

Sverker Hannervall, aged 48, has a long and broad experience from the IT- and
telecom industry. Most recently, he was General Manager of Cisco Systems in
Sweden, a position he held since 2004. He is a board member of Teligent AB and
has held a number of leading positions within Trio AB, Telelogic and IBM. He
also acts as an advisor to the private equity firm InnovationsKapital AB.
Sverker Hannervall has an MSc in engineering from the Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. 

“Sverker Hannervall has vast experience in managing high performing sales
organisations in a highly competitive environment. His background will be very
valuable to TeliaSonera and I welcome him as a member of the executive
management team.” says Lars Nyberg, President and CEO.

Sverker Hannervall succeeds Juho Lipsanen, who as previously communicated has
left the TeliaSonera group.


TeliaSonera AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish
Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act. The
information was submitted for publication at 7.45 a.m. CET on July 24, 2008.

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Turkey. We are the leading European provider of quality cross-border voice, IP
and capacity services, provided through our wholly-owned international carrier
network. In 2007, TeliaSonera's net sales amounted to SEK 96 billion, and at the
end of December 2007 the total number of subscriptions exceeded 114 million in
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