Tele2 to acquire a majority share in mobile operator NEO in Kazakhstan

Tele2 will today host a conference call to give information on the
transaction at 08:30 am CET (13:30 am Kazakhstan time/07:30 am UK
time/02:30 am NY time). The conference call will be held in English
and also available as audiocast on Tele2's website, www.tele2.com.

Host:
Harri Koponen, President & CEO
Lars Nilsson, CFO
Niklas Sonkin, EVP & Market Area Director Central Europe

Dial-in information:
To ensure that you are connected to the conference call, please dial
in a few minutes before the start of the conference call to register
your attendance.

Dial-in numbers:
Sweden: +46 8 505 598 53
UK: + 44 203 043 24 36
US: + 1 866 458 40 87
Russia: + 7 495 745 72 98, PIN-code: 757189#

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Further information can be obtained from:
Lars Torstensson, Investor Inquiries, Tel: +46 702 73 48 79
Pernilla Oldmark, Press Inquiries, Tel: +46 704 26 45 45

TELE2 IS ONE OF EUROPE'S LEADING TELECOM
OPERATORS, ALWAYS PROVIDING THE BEST DEAL. We have 26 million
customers in 10 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed
broadband and telephony, data network services, cable TV and content
services. Ever since Jan Stenbeck founded the company in 1993, it has
been a tough challenger to the former government monopolies and other
established providers. Tele2 has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm since 1996. In 2008, we had net sales of SEK 38.3 billion
and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 8.2 billion.