Bilia chooses Song Networks

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Bilia chooses Song Networks Song Networks AB, a Swedish subsidiary of Song Networks Holding AB (NASDAQ: SONW, Stockholm Stock Exchange: SONW) has signed an agreement with Bilia Personbilar Region Väst AB. The order, initially worth SEK 5 million and running for two years, means that Song Networks will become a total supplier of directly connected telephony. Song Networks will supply telephony to all ten of Bilia's offices in Western Sweden. "Crucial to us in our choice of supplier was a complete offering and professional customer service at the right price. For this reason, Song Networks was an obvious choice for us," says Lidijana Cunevski, Controller at Bilia Personbilar Region Väst AB. For Bilia, which used to have a divided infrastructure, getting a total solution for all its communication as well as better capacity means major savings. "The fact that Bilia has chosen Song Networks as total supplier is a good testimonial to the performance and cost-effectiveness of our services. We are proud that Bilia considered that we were the supplier that could best service their needs," says Mats Almgren, Director of Sales and Marketing at Song Networks. The solution will be supplied in consultation with the switchboard supplier Tele Danmark InterNordia. For further information, please contact: Song Networks AB Mats Almgren , Sales Director Phone: +46 8 5631 0240 Mobile: +46 8 701 810 240 mats.almgren@songnetworks.se Bilia Personbilar Region Väst AB Lidijana Cunevski, Controller Phone: +46 31 89 61 30 lidijana.cunesvski@bilia.se Song Networks Holding AB Jenny Moquist, Investor Relation Manager Phone: +46 8 5631 0219 Mobile: +46 8 701 810 219 jenny.moquist@songnetworks.net About Song Networks, the former Tele1 Europe, (NASDAQ: SONW, Stockholmsbörsen: SONW) Song Networks is a rapidly expanding data and telecommunications operator with activities in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The Company provides comprehensive solutions for data, internet, hosting and voice, to businesses in the Nordic region. Song Networks is currently the only pan Nordic operator investing in local access networks with broadband capacity. The Company has built local access networks in the largest cities in the Nordic region. The access networks, which are linked by a long-distance network is one of the fastest data and internet super-highways in Europe, with an initial capacity for customers of up to one gigabit. The Company was founded in 1995 in Sweden and has approximately 1,100 employees. The head office is located in Stockholm and there are an additional 34 offices located in the Nordic region. For further information, please visit our website at www.songnetworks.net About Bilia. Bilia operates within three principal product areas: Cars, Trucks and Construction equipment. The company sells products from Volvo, Renault and Ford as well as offering its customers service, repairs and additional services to create worry-free car ownership. Bilia is established on the Nordic market and within certain selected markets in the rest of Europe. The business operates in big city regions and regions with a lot of vehicles. Bilia has around 5,400 employees, and in 2001 had a net turnover of approximately SEK 17,712 million. Since 1984, the company has been included among the listed shares of the Stockholm Stock Exchange (BILI-A). For more information please see: http://www.bilia.se Certain statements contained in this press release contain "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities law. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Song Networks Holding AB only, and performance is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, adverse regulatory, technological or competitive developments; decline in demand for the company's services or products; inability to timely develop, introduce and market new technologies, products and services; pricing pressures resulting from competition; unforeseen construction delays; and the inability to successfully manage systems failures or shutdowns and service interruptions or reduced services to customers. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties affecting the company, please refer to Song Networks Holding AB's reports that are filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's annual report on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/03/20020403BIT00370/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/03/20020403BIT00370/wkr0002.pdf