Telelogic and Telia Validation establish certification house for Bluetooth

Telelogic and Telia Validation establish certification house for Bluetooth MALMÖ, Sweden, June 13, 2000 - Telelogic AB (Stockholm Stock Exchange:TLOG), the leading supplier of design, development and testing tools for real-time communications applications, today announced a cooperation with Telia Validation under which a certification house for testing of Bluetooth products is established. The potential customers consist of companies developing Bluetooth products that need to get their end products approved before they reach the market. "Telia Validation and Telelogic will be one of the first players on the world market for certification", says Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO for Telelogic. "The market is huge - there are thousands of Bluetooth products that need to be certified and few players with the right competence and skills." "Telelogic and Telia Validation complement each other very well", says Åke Sandberg, President for Telia Validation. "To establish a similar business on our own would be complicated for both Teleloigc and Telia Validation. Together we have both the skills and the strength that is needed." The certification house has applied for a license at SIG (Bluetooth Special Interest Group) and is now waiting for their decision. The business is expected to be up and running during the fall. About Telelogic Telelogic is established in twelve countries under its own name, and a further 20 countries through distributors. It leads the market in development environments for technical software, especially in real time applications. By offering high quality graphical development tools and related services, Telelogic makes the development of software more rapid, less labor intensive, and more reliable. The company has a global client base, including the leading suppliers such as Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks and Siemens, as well as a number of universities and institutions all over the world. The software market is moving towards more visual programming methods, and Telelogic leads in the production of the next generation of development tools, in this area. A directed stock issue was implemented in January this year, and has provided the company with capital for continued expansion. Telelogic is now well prepared to deliver rapid and complete solutions for the complex challenges faced by the communications industry. For more information on Telelogic, visit www.telelogic.com. About Telia Validation AB Telia Validation is a quality assurance company within the Telia Group. Validation has a strong focus on IT and telecom and with its 500 employees, Telia Validation is one of the largest companies for test and quality assurance in Europe. Validation offers its services for the whole product development process and secures processes and routines. The company is providing testing environments, testing tools and testing methodology within IT and telecom. Validation has customers in industries like telecom, bank & finance, IT, Internet and e-commerce. Contacts: Anders Lidbeck Catharina Sundelin President & CEO Information & Investor Relations Manager Telelogic AB Telelogic AB Phone: +46 40-17 47 00 Phone: +46 40-17 47 30 Fax: +46 40-17 47 47 Mobile: +46 705-17 47 30 E-mail: Fax: +46 40-17 47 47 anders.lidbeck@telelogic.com E-mail: catharina.sundelin@telelogic.com Åke Sandberg President Telia Validation AB Phone: +46 8-7073601 Fax: +46 8-7413956 E-mail: ake.c.sandberg@telia.se ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/13/20000613BIT00210/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/13/20000613BIT00210/bit0002.pdf