STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 17, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- On January 30, 2002 the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency, Post och Telestyrelsen (PTS), ordered Telia to reduce its interconnection charges on the GSM network from SEK 1,18 per minute to SEK 0.92 per minute as of March 1, 2002. Telia submitted an appeal, on February 20, 2002, against this decision to the County Administrative Court.
The County Administrative Court rejected Telias appeal on May 16, 2002. This implies that Telias interconnection charges on the GSM network is SEK 0.92 per minute as of March 1, 2002.
The price of interconnection charge is the price charged by telecom operators to other operators when they use each other's networks
For further information journalists can contact: Hakan Strom, Press Officer, Telia Mobile Sweden, +46 8 713 58 30
Telia is the Nordic leader in telecommunications. Over the past year, we have streamlined the Group, focusing our core businesses making the company more flexible. Our four core businesses are: Mobile communications, Internet services, International carrier operations and Fixed network operations. Telia is listed on Stockholmsborsen. Sales Jan- Mar 2002 totaled MSEK 13,900 (13,592) and the number of employees was 16,804 (29,936). Sales 2001 totaled MSEK 57,196 and the number of employees was 17,149.
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