Zeth Nyström appointed Marketing Director for Hi3G

Zeth Nyström has been appointed Marketing Director for Hi3G and will take on his duties during the third quarter this year. Previously he was the Managing Director of Speedy Tomato AB, which is a portal for mobile Internet and a subsidiary of Telia. Prior to that he was responsible for setting up the Brazilian operator TESS in Brazil, and worked for Motorola and Europolitan.

- To lead the marketing efforts at Hi3G during such an exciting 3G development phase, was an offer I just could not resist, says Zeth Nyström.

- I am very glad to have been able to recruit such an experienced person so quickly, who of course will play a very central roll in our 3G business, says Chris Bannister, CEO of Hi3G.

For further information please contact:

Björn Svedberg, Chairman
Tel: +46 8 545 01 777
bs@kaw.se

Chris Bannister, CEO
Tel: +46 8 696 00 36
chris.bannister@hi3gaccess.se

Hi3G is a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (60%) and Investor AB (40%). Hi3G's ambition is to be Sweden's leading UMTS operator, with innovative services and a high quality network. Hi3G's services will be available in the Swedish market from 1 January 2002 the latest, and full population coverage will be reached by the end of 2003.