TELE2 LAUNCHES ITS EIGHT GSM NETWORK IN RUSSIA
TELE2 LAUNCHES ITS EIGHT GSM NETWORK IN RUSSIA 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 launched a GSM-network in Russia's third largest city, Nizhny Novgorod. This is Tele2's eight GSM launch in Russia. The population covered by the GSM-license in Nizhny Novgorod is 3.5 million and the region's mobile penetration is approximately 24%. The GSM-network in Nizhny Novgorod was launched based on the GSM 1800 standard.