Netcom systems a.b (netcom) launches new local mobile telephony services

NETCOM SYSTEMS A.B (NETCOM ) LAUNCHES NEW LOCAL MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES NetCom Systems AB announces the launch of local mobile telephony services in three additional cities in Sweden. The service will have a very low subscription fee, and will be a competitively priced alternative to an ordinary fixed line telephone subscription. A test launch of the service will commence in September, 1998 and an evaluation of the service will take place during the following year. The service will be marketed under the Comviq brand name. For more information, please call: NetCom Mediaservice: +46 8 8 56 26 46 26 (24 hours). NetCom Systems A.B. was founded in 1993 and is the leading alternative provider of telecommunications services in Scandinavia. The group is engaged in the GSM cellular telecommunications industry, operating under the brand names of, Comviq GSM A.B., in Sweden and its listed affiliate, NetCom ASA, in Norway. In the business areas of public telecommunications, Internet and data communications services, the group operates under the brand names of, Tele2 A.B., in Sweden and its subsidiaries Tele2 A/S in Denmark and Tele2 Norge A.S. in Norway. The group also operates in the Cable Television sector. The Company is listed both on the Stockholm Stock Exchange under the symbols NCOMA and NCOMB and on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol NECSY. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1998/09/04/19980904BIT00320/hemmacell_e.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1998/09/04/19980904BIT00320/hemmacell_e.pdf