Tele2 Lowers its Tariffs on Long Distance Calls

Tele2 lowers its tariffs on long distance calls Tele2 AB in Sweden today announced it will lower its tariffs on domestic long distance calls from February 8, 1999. Tele2 will thereby retains its position as the more competitively priced alternative to Telia on the Swedish telephony market. From the February 8, a domestic long distance call will cost 0:32 SEK per minute on Tele2's network on weekdays between 8 am and 6 pm. On Telia's network the price will be 0.40 SEK per minute from February, 2. At all other times a domestic long distance call will cost 0:18 SEK per minute on Tele2's network and 0:20 SEK on Telia's network. Tele2's tariff for local calls will remain unchanged at 0:20 SEK per minute. Tele2 customers benefit from only 8 local call areas compared to in excess of 200 call areas for Telia customers, this means that many local calls made with Tele2 would be classified as long distance calls if made with Telia. Tele2 Internet access customers pay 0.11 SEK per minute when accessing Internet services through Tele2's network. For further information, please call: NetCom Media Service: +46 8 5626 4626 (24 hour service) NetCom AB is a leading telecommunications company in Scandinavia. The Company was formed in 1993. 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 affiliate Ritabell 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, specializing 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 NECSY. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/02/01/19990201BIT00680/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/02/01/19990201BIT00680/bit0002.pdf