Netcom systems announces agreement with Disney Online

NETCOM SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH DISNEY ONLINE New York and Stockholm - September 18, 1998 - NetCom Systems A.B. ("NetCom") (Nasdaq : NECSY), today announced an agreement with Disney Online to licence Disney Online content for distribution on the Internet in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Anders Björkman, President and CEO of NetCom comments, "This agreement is a strategic step for NetCom Systems within the Internet market. The agreement with Disney will increase the value added content of our customer offer and will also be a significant service offering in its own right". The launch will take place in October. Press conferences will be held in Copenhagen and Stockholm on September 30, 1998, and in Oslo on October 1, 1998. Invitations will be dispatched separately. For further information, please call: NetCom Media Service: +46 8 5626 4626 (24 hour service) Disney Online: +1 818 623 3505 NetCom Systems AB was founded in 1993 and is the leading alternative provider of telecommunications services in Scandinavia with more than one million customers. The group is engaged in the GSM cellular telecommunications industry, operating under the brand names of, Comviq GSM AB, 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 AB, in Sweden and its subsidiaries Tele2 A/S in Denmark and Tele2 Norge AS in Norway. The group also operates in the cable-TV service sector. The Company is listed both on Stockholm Stock Exchange under the symbols of NCOMA and NCOMB and on 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/1998/09/18/19980918BIT00200/DisneyIR_e.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1998/09/18/19980918BIT00200/DisneyIR_e.pdf