Tele1 Europe to offer fibre-optic capacity beyond the Nordic region with Enitel

Tele1 Europe to offer fibre-optic capacity beyond the Nordic region with Enitel (NASDAQ: TEUR, Stockholm Stock Exchange: TEUR) Tele1 Europe has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian company Enitel for the provision of fibre-optic capacity to London and several other cities in northern Europe. The capacity will be provided by Enitel's international fibre-optic ring. The agreement runs for 15 years and has an order value for Enitel of approximately MSEK 50 million. Tele1 Europe will have its own equipment installed in the relevant cities by the final quarter of this year. Tommy Ekström, CTO of Tele1 Europe Holding, said: "Tele 1 Europe is already a leader in the development of broadband services in the Nordic region, which we regard as our domestic market. This agreement will allow Tele1 Europe to offer its customers broadband services to countries beyond the Nordic region. Our Internet capacity to and from the Nordic region will be one of the highest available." For more information, please contact: Tele1 Europe Holding AB Enitel AB Tommy Ekström, CTO Erling Nilsen, Director Tel: +46 8 5631 0002 Mobile: +46 Division Business Partner 701 810 002 Tel: +47 21012660/+47 92292930 E-mail: E-mail: tommy.ekstrom@tele1europe.se erling.nilsen@enitel.com About Tele1 Europe Tele1 Europe is a fast-growing data and telecommunications operator with interests in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The group's business concept is to offer broadband solutions for data, telephony and the Internet to large and medium-sized business and organisations in the Nordic countries. Tele1 Europe is currently the only Nordic data and telecommunications operator investing in local access networks with broadband capacity. This construction is taking place in the nine largest cities in the Nordic countries. The access networks, which are linked together with a long-distance network, will be Europe's fastest "motorway" for data and Internet traffic with an initial capacity for customers of up to one gigabyte. www.tele1europe.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/17/20000717BIT00230/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/17/20000717BIT00230/bit0002.pdf