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At the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. 2002, August 26 - September 4, Ericsson will demonstrate products and business solutions for a sustainable future.

Ericsson and Aycell have signed an agreement for expansion of the Turkish operator’s GSM mobile network in seven major cities. The agreement covers a three year period and is valued at Euro 55 million.

In connection with Ericsson’s rights offering, Citibank, N.A., as ADS rights agent, has agreed to provide holders of ADS rights with additional time to exchange their rights for B share rights. Citibank has agreed to extend the deadline to exchange ADS rights for B share rights until 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 27, 2002.

Ericsson and Microcell S.A. have completed the transaction whereby Microcell takes over Ericsson's majority holdings in the former joint venture Ericsson Panda Mobile Terminals Co. Ltd. in Nanjing, China.

Russian telecomoperator LLC TelecomInvest-XXI together with NEFTEGAZBANK and Ericsson have signed a contract for the supply of a multiservice network for the Moscow region and Moscow. The network starting from the end of year 2002, will provide telecommunications services for private and corporate users.

Following the earlier announcement that the sale of its Microelectronics division to Infineon Technologies AG has been approved by all responsible anti-trust authorities, Ericsson announces that it will receive 27.5 million Infineon shares as consideration.