TELE2 GETS CLEARANCE FROM SPANISH COMPETITION AUTHORITIES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF COMUNITEL

Stockholm – Tele2 AB, (“Tele2”), (Stockholmsbörsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that the Spanish anti-trust authorities have approved the acquisition of Comunitel by Tele2.

Tele2 is pleased with this announcement and expects to close the acquisition, announced on July 14, by October 1, 2005. CONTACTS Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, Telephone: + 46 8 562 640 00 President and CEO, Tele2 AB Håkan Zadler, Telephone: + 46 8 562 640 00 CFO, Tele2 AB Dwayne Taylor, Telephone: + 44 20 7321 5038 Lena Krauss, Telephone: + 46 8 562 000 45 Investor enquiries Visit us at our homepage: http://www.Tele2.com