NetCom has been awarded a license as ISP in Poland

NETCOM AB HAS BEEN AWARDED A LICENCE AS ISP IN POLAND AND FOR DATA NETWORK SERVICES AND WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP IN POLAND THROUGH AFFILLIATE NetCom AB has, through its affilliate In2loop Polska, been awarded a licence as nationwide ISP. The company has also been awarded a licence for national and international data network services and for wireless local loop in several population centers in Poland. The licences are valid for 15 years. The population in the areas the licence covers amounts to 14 million constituting approximately 40 percent of the poulation in Poland. The areas included are: Greater Warsaw, Lodz, Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot, the Kotowice-area, Krakow, Poznan, Wroclaw och Szczecin. In2loop Polska is owned to 49 percent by NetCom and is to 51 percent Polish owned. For further information, contact NetCom Mediaservice (24 hours): + 46 8 5626 4626 NetCom AB, formed in 1993, is a leading telecommunications company in Scandinavia. It is engaged in the GSM cellular business operating using the brand names of Comviq and Tele2Mobil in Sweden, NetCom ASA in Norway and through subsidiary Ritabell (Q GSM) in Estonia. In the areas of public telecommunications, data communication services and Internet, NetCom operates Tele2 in Sweden, Tele2 A/S in Denmark and Tele2 Norge AS in Norway. NetCom also operates, NätTeknik and Datametrix, specialising in systems integration and Kabelvision, a Swedish cable TV services company. NetCom is listed both on the Stockholm Stock Exchange under the symbols NCOMA and NCOMB and on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol NECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/05/19/19990519BIT00390/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/05/19/19990519BIT00390/bit0002.pdf