Press Release February 24, 2010 Management changes in Mobility and Broadband Services Håkan Dahlström, currently President of business area Broadband Services, has today been appointed President of business area Mobility Services. He succeeds Kenneth Karlberg, who leaves his position and the TeliaSonera Group. “Kenneth Karlberg has contributed to the successful development of TeliaSonera's mobile business for a number of years. In order to develop the company further, however, we need to change certain behaviors and act more like one company. In such a process, you sometimes have to change leadership profiles. Therefore, Kenneth Karlberg leaves his position,” says Lars Nyberg, President and CEO. “Håkan Dahlström has done an excellent job in Broadband Services, and prior to that in Mobility Services Sweden. Profitability has improved, cross functional cooperation has been developed and employee commitment and satisfaction has improved,” says Lars Nyberg. Anders Gylder, currently deputy Head of Broadband Services, will succeed Håkan Dahlström. Malin Frenning, currently Head of Wholesale & International, has been appointed deputy Head of Broadband Services, with the aim of succeeding Anders Gylder when he retires at the end of 2010. Both Anders Gylder and Malin Frenning will be members of TeliaSonera Group Management. Håkan Dahlström, 47, joined Telia in 1998 and has held a number of managerial positions in the group, among others as Head of Mobility Services in Sweden and Head of Corporate Networks & Technology. He has an MSc in Engineering from Linköping University in Sweden, as well as a Master of Science in Digital Technology from Heriot Watt University in Scotland. Anders Gylder, 59, has had a long career in the Group and was earlier member of Group Management, with responsibility for among other things the Customer Care Unit and the large corporate customer segment. He has an MSc Engineering from Linköping University in Sweden. Malin Frenning, 42, joined Telia as a management trainee in 1993. She has more than 10 years of experience from senior management positions in TeliaSonera with specific focus on the carrier business, international business strategy and product management. Malin Frenning has an MSc in Engineering from Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. TeliaSonera AB discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instrument Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 11.00 a.m. CET on February 24, 2010. _____________________________________________ TeliaSonera's press office for journalists can be reached at +46-771 77 58 30 Forward-Looking Statements Statements made in the press release relating to future status or circumstances, including future performance and other trend projections are forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to many factors, many of which are outside the control of TeliaSonera. TeliaSonera provides network access and telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey, and in Spain. TeliaSonera is also the leading European wholesale provider of quality cross-border voice, IP and capacity services, with a wholly-owned international carrier network. TeliaSonera's services help people and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly way. TeliaSonera creates value by focusing on providing world-class customer experience, securing quality in networks and achieving a best-in-class cost structure. In 2009, TeliaSonera's net sales amounted to SEK 109 billion, and at the end of December 2009 the total number of subscriptions was 147 million in 20 countries. The TeliaSonera share is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.teliasonera.com
Management changes in Mobility and Broadband Services
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