Europolitan Changes Brand Name to Europolitan Vodafone.Business Editors KARLSKRONA Karlskrona (kärlskr  `nä), city (1990 pop. 31,100), capital of Blekinge co., SE Sweden, on the Baltic Sea. It is a seaport and fishing center with a large modern port. , Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2000 As earlier announced Europolitan will change its branding in the beginning of 2001. The new brand name will be Europolitan Vodafone. The new name reflects the Europolitan membership in Vodafone, the world's largest mobile telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. group. Europolitan will continue to focus on customer satisfaction, services and quality and combine this work with joint product development with Vodafone. This co-operation will benefit the customers since the change enables Europolitan to develop new services which will work in Vodafone's network globally. "We have reached an important step in our development. The world around us turns more international and therefore our customers require services with global coverage, to be used regardless of their whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. . The new brand will symbolise the benefits of being a part of the Vodafone family as well as our leading position on the Swedish market," says Jon Risfelt, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Europolitan Group. "As we move towards the 3rd generation of technology, linking the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the to the mobile phone, the advantages of being a part of the largest global mobile communications group will benefit our customer's need of global mobile services," says Jon Risfelt. Europolitan AB is a Swedish GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. operator with a licence to build a 3G network. The company's head office is in Karlskrona, Sweden. Europolitan is a leader in the field of technically advanced services. The Europolitan Group, which also includes the stock market listed parent company Europolitan Holdings AB and Europolitan's sister companies, Europolitan Stores AB, Ocom AB, Doberman AB and Mobile Relations AB, has around 1,300 employees. Vodafone owns 71 percent of Europolitan AB, and 29 percent is owned by private shareholders, investment companies and pension funds. The Vodafone Group trades across five continents and serves over 65 million customers. For more information, please visit our web site, www.europolitan.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. : http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/12/21/20001221BIT00570/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/12/21/20001221BIT00570/bit0002.pdf |
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