Tele2: Conference call announcement


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 18, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Tele2 AB (Nasdaq:TLTOA) (Nasdaq:TLTOB) CONFERENCE CALL REGARDING FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 16:00 (CET - Sweden) 10:00 (EST - New York)

Presenters:

Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, President & CEO

Hakan Zadler, CFO

To register for the conference call (which will also be broadcast liveover the web at www.tele2.com), please send an e-mail toinfo@sharedvalue.net by Tuesday, October 22nd. Please include 'Tele2' inthe subject line.

Tele2 AB, formed in 1993, is the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company offering fixed and mobile telephony, data network and Internet services under the brands Tele2, Tango and Comviq to 16.1 million people in 21 countries. Tele2 operates Datametrix, which specializes in systems integration, 3C Communications, operating public pay telephones and public Internet services; Transac, providing billing and transaction processing service; C(3), offering co-branded pre-paid calling cards and Optimal Telecom, the price-guaranteed residential router device. The Group offers cable television services under the Kabelvision brand name and together with MTG, owns the Internet portal Everyday.com. The Company is listed on the Stockholmsborsen, under TEL2A and TEL2B, and on the Nasdaq Stock Market under TLTOA and TLTOB.

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