Tele2 increases its ownership in five of its Russian mobile operations
TELE2 INCREASES ITS OWNERSHIP IN FIVE OF ITS RUSSIAN MOBILE OPERATIONS New York and Stockholm - Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Nasdaq Stock Market: TLTOA and TLTOB and Stockholmsbörsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has increased its stakes in five of its Russian mobile operations. The change in Tele2's ownership of these companies is as follows: "Sankt-Peterburg Telecom" (St. Petersburg license area) - to 86.0% from 61.0% "Oblcom" (Leningrad region license area) - to 97.2 % from 61.0% "Rostov cellular communications" - to