First Hotels Rationalizing Data Communications Between 45 Hotels in Sweden, Norway and Denmark Through Song Networks


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 22, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Song Networks Holding AB's (Other OTC:SONWF) (Stockholmsborsen: SONW) Swedish subsidiary company Song Networks Svenska AB has entered into an agreement with First Hotels regarding the supply of data communications. The solution encompasses 45 hotels and 3 offices in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, which are linked together in a private network through Song Networks' IP VPN solution. The agreement will run for 3 years and is worth in the region of SEK 8 million to Song Networks.

The solution provides 45 of First Hotels' 62 hotels with a fixed connection to central IT systems, with greatly increased capacity and improved accessibility, as well as access to the Internet.

"Song's solution is improving communications between the hotels and their guests. Via our web-based booking system, which contains information about the hotel's level of occupancy, guests can book accommodation themselves according to their own preferences. At the same time, the hotels have access to First Member, our central members' database, which contains information such as the hotel member's wishes and requirements from his or her accommodation. The level of service is improved as we become more easily accessible to our customers, while each local hotel rapidly receives information via First Member about the wishes and expectations of the individual guest," said Jonas Ridderstrom, MD of First Hotels.

The hotels in First Hotels' solution are linked together via Song Networks' IP VPN service. The solution is scalable and can be easily adapted in the event that additional hotels need to be connected, new services are added or the capacity of the solution is expanded. The hotels have access to booking systems and the members' database, as well as being offered other services centrally instead of having to rely on their own IT expertise and equipment, for example for their e-mail.

"We are really pleased that First Hotels has chosen Song Networks to supply its data communications solution. Song has a unique network with Nordic coverage, making us the obvious choice when companies with operations in one or more Nordic countries want to rationalise their data communications," said Mats Almgren, Sales Director at Song Networks.

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About Song Networks, (Stockholmsborsen: SONW) Song Networks is a data and telecommunications operator with activities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. The Company's business concept is to offer the best broadband solution for data communication, Internet and voice to businesses in the Nordic region. The Company has built local access networks in the largest cities in the Nordic region. The Company was founded in 1995 in Sweden and have approximately 830 employees per March 2003. The head office is located in Stockholm and Song Networks have 24 offices located in the Nordic region. www.songnetworks.net

About First Hotels

First Hotels is a hotel chain comprising 62 hotels in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The aim is to offer hotels of a high and even quality in the most important destinations in the Nordic region. First Hotels should be perceived as a home from home for individual needs in modern times. For further information visit www.firsthotels.se

The information and statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, which involve predictions by Song Networks' management. Song Networks can give no assurance that the future results expressed or implied by such statements will be achieved or that, if achieved, such results will be indicative of the results in subsequent periods. Actual events or results may differ materially as a result of risks facing Song Networks. Such risks include, but are not limited to: changes in business conditions; changes in service offerings; and risks associated with Song Networks' limited operating history, entry into developing markets, managing rapid growth, and acquisitions and strategic investments; international operations; dependence on effective information and billing systems; future capital needs; and risks of regulatory developments; any of which could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results indicated, expressed or implied in such forward- looking statements.

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