KILROY Travel International goes with Tele1 Europe

KILROY Travel International goes with Tele1 Europe KILROY Travel International A/S, which also includes Benns Rejser and Team Travel, has signed a three-year agreement with Tele1 Europe. Under the agreement, Tele1 Europe will serve as KILROY's operator for its IP-VPN network. The KILROY group is present in over 40 cities across Europe and has its head office in Copenhagen, Denmark. During autumn, The KILROY group has had its offices throughout Europe connected via IP-VPN based data connections featuring MPLS technology. This is a major technological step forward and matches the company's investment in a new booking and sales system. IP-VPN means "Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network," MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) is a novel way of managing traffic in such a network. "The advantage of MPLS compared to other technology used so far is that the system is intelligent and can itself select a transmission path and speed according to data priority. This means better use of capacity. For example, offices can communicate with each other without going via headquarters. Ultimately, the system may allow for flexible charging based on optimized use of capacity" says Mr Torben Rune of Netplan A/S, a Danish consultancy, adviser to KILROY A/S. "In order to implement our strategy plan, we issued public tenders for a booking system as well as a telecommunications system. In each of these areas, we wanted a single supplier who was able to deliver high quality. Making our choice it was important for us that Tele1 Europe was the only telecom operator with a presence in all of our major markets in the Nordic region," comments Henrik Kaltoft, Financial Director at KILROY. Claus Jacobsen, Managing Director of Tele1 Europe in Denmark: "Our principal transmission network in the Nordic region and our local broadband connections suit KILROY and other customers who want a strong presence in local markets as well as centralised services such as booking. We can meet their requirements for reliable data communication coupled with high redundancy." The KILROY Group has 600 employees and is a market leader in the Nordic region in travel packages to young people and students. In the most recent financial year, sales reached DKK 1.5 billion and the profit before tax was DKK 19.7 million. For more information, please contact; KILROY Travel International Tele1 Europe A/S Danmark Henrik Kaltoft, Financial Claus Jacobsen, Managing Director Director Tel: +45 3348 0700, mobile: +45 Tel: +45 3690 3600, mobile: +45 2628 6080 2999 3600 E-mail: E-mail: : cja@tele1europe.dk henrik.kaltoft@kilroytravels.com Tele1 Europe Holding AB Petra Asteson, Investor Relations Assistant Tel: +46 8 5631 0344, mobile: +46 701 810 344 E-mail: petra.asteson@tele1europe.se Facts about Tele1 Europe (NASDAQ: TEUR, Stockholm Stock Exchange: TEUR) Tele1 Europe is a rapidly expanding data and telecommunications operator with activities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The company provides broadband solutions for data, Internet and voice to large and mid-range businesses and organisations in the Nordic region. Tele1 Europe is currently the only pan Nordic data and telecommunications operator investing in local access networks with broadband capacity. The company is constructing networks in the nine largest cities in the Nordic region. The access networks, which are linked together by a long-distance network, will be Europe's fastest data and Internet super-highway with an initial capacity for customers of up to one gigabyte. www.tele1europe.com Facts about KILROY Travel KILROY Travel is owned by HYY Group Ltd., which is in turn owned by the student council at Helsinki University (57%), Axcel IndustriInvestor A/S (35%) and other student bodies in the Nordic region (8%). www.kilroytravel.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/08/20010108BIT00070/bit0001.pdf