Song Networks withdraw from Combination Agreement with Telenor

Song Networks withdraw from Combination Agreement with Telenor Song Networks Holding AB (NASDAQ: SONW, Stockholmsbörsen: SONW) announced today that Song Networks has terminated the Combination Agreement, dated July 9 2002, between Song, Song Networks N.V. ("Song N.V.") and Telenor Business Solutions Holding. An ad hoc committee of bondholders of Song N.V. (the "Committee") were not supportive of the restructuring terms resulting from the Combination Agreement. Representatives of the ad hoc committee confirmed to Song that the committee remains positive about Song's restructuring potential and that the committee and Song are considering a number of potential restructuring alternatives. Barry Ross of PricewaterhouseCoopers, financial advisor to the Committee said: "The development of possible alternatives for a restructuring of Song is progressing satisfactorily, and the termination of the Combination Agreement is helpful to that process. Song is continuing discussions with the ad hoc committee and will make further announcements as appropriate. For further information, please contact: Song Networks Holding AB Song Networks Holding AB Tomas Franzén, CEO Jenny Moquist, Investor Phone: +46 8 5631 0111 Relation Manager Mobile: +46 701 810 111 Phone: +46 8 5631 0219 tomas.franzen@songnetworks. Mobile: +46 701 810 219 net jenny.moquist@songnetworks. net About Song Networks, formerly Tele1 Europe, (NASDAQ: SONW, Stockholmsbörsen: SONW) Song Networks is a data and telecommunications operator with activities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. The Company´s business concept is to offer the best broadband solution for data communication, internet and voice to businesses in the Nordic region. This means that Song Networks supplies communication solutions that are attractively customized for each corporate customer. 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 1,000 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 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/2002/08/13/20020813BIT00120/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/13/20020813BIT00120/wkr0002.pdf