Norwegian Competition Authority considers not approving the merger of Aspiro and Opplysningen's search businesses

Norwegian Competition Authority considers not approving the merger of Aspiro and
Opplysningen's search businesses

The Norwegian Competition Authority has today informed Aspiro that they are
considering taking the following decision: “The merger between Opplysningen
Mobil AS and Aspiro Søk AS will be prohibited”. Aspiro does not agree with The
Norwegian Competition Authority's evaluation and will pursue the issue further.


For more information, please contact:

Ann Charlotte Svensson
Head of Corporate communications and IR
Tel: +46 709 91 80 10
e-mail: anncharlotte.svensson@aspiro.com 

Gunnar Sellæg
CEO
Tel: +47 901 81 528  
e-mail: gunnar.selleg@aspiro.com


Aspiro discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities
Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was
submitted for publication at 21.30 am on 23 October.


Aspiro in Brief
Aspiro is the market leader in mobile entertainment in the Northern European
region. Using Aspiro's services, users can do things like watch TV, listen to
music and play games on their mobile phones. Aspiros subsidiary Rubberduck has a
world leading mobile-TV solution. Aspiro is also one of the leading players in
mobile marketing and mobile solutions in the Nordic countries. Services are
delivered to companies such as Telenor, TeliaSonera, Tele2, 3, NRK, BBC and Fox
Movies. Aspiro was incorporated in 1998 and is a small-cap company listed on the
OMX Stock Exchange in Stockholm. In 2007, Aspiro's sales were SEK 405 m and the
company has some 150 employees. The head office is in Sweden with local presence
in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.