Europolitan Vodafone - the first international mobile operator in the Swedish market

Europolitan Vodafone - the first international mobile operator in the Swedish market Europolitan is today changing its brand name to Europolitan Vodafone. The new name will highlight Europolitan's participation in Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile telephony consortium. Collaboration within the Vodafone group will provide customers with an even wider range of services including international coverage. "The world of business is becoming increasingly international and our customers therefore require services that work regardless of the country they presently are in. Our new brand symbolises the advantages of belonging to the global Vodafone group, providing us with the strength to consolidate our leading position within the Swedish market," says Jon Risfelt, CEO of Europolitan Vodafone. The changed brand also signifies that Europolitan Vodafone will be working even harder in its endeavour to secure customer satisfaction, provide excellent service and offer superior quality in services and networks. The collaboration with the Vodafone group will for example also broaden into areas including product development for services with international coverage. "Being a full worthy member of Vodafone gives us access to the combined expertise of the entire group within technology, services and concepts that will provide our customers with more and better services," continues Risfelt. "We are working hard with the introduction of the third generation of mobile telephony, and our future 3G customers will also benefit from our belonging to the world's largest mobile telephony group," says Jon Risfelt, CEO of Europolitan Vodafone. Below you will find the new Europolitan Vodafone logotype: [Removed Graphics] The Vodafone group is currently represented in 30 countries on 5 continents: Albania, Australia, Belgium, Egypt, the Fiji islands, France, Greece, the Netherlands, India, Ireland*, Italy, Japan, Kenya, China, Malta, Mexico*, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland*, Spain, the UK, Sweden, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Hungary, the US and Austria. *Acquisitions awaiting completion. For more information, please contact: Marie Stenberg Bark, Director Market Communications, Europolitan Vodafone tel: +46 708 70 80 70, e-mail: marie.stenberg.bark@europolitan.se Johan Holmgren, Director Public Relations, Europolitan Vodafone tel: +46 708 33 14 00, e-mail: johan.holmgren@europolitan.se Europolitan Vodafone is a mobile operator with a licence to build a 3G mobile telecoms network. Our strength lies in our focus on developing international services, customer service and quality. Europolitan Vodafone employs some 1,400 people. Europolitan Vodafone is listed on the O-list of the OM Stock Exchange's Attract 40 list through Europolitan Holdings AB. The company's principal owner is Vodafone, with 71 per cent of Europolitan Holdings. The remaining 29 per cent is owned by private shareholders, investment companies and pension funds. The Vodafone group is represented on 5 continents and has around 80 million customers (proportionate customers). For more information, please visit www.europolitan.se and www.vodafone.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/19/20010319BIT00870/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/19/20010319BIT00870/bit0002.pdf