Education company within telecom gives away a virtual seminar to clients

12/29/2000 8:30 AM EST

APIS, an education company within telecom and mobile Internet, gives away
a twelve-hour virtual seminar to its clients as a Holiday greeting this
year. At the same time APIS gives its clients the possibility to donate
money to charity via the seminar website.

- Knowledge is the most precious gift you can receive. This is why we are
giving slightly more than 8000 clients this seminar, says Susanne de
Verdier, Marketing Director at APIS. Moreover we unite several good causes
at the same time, we give away education and offer an opportunity to
donate money to charity by a simple click of the mouse.

The seminar consists of a twelve-hour long streaming video where several
people lecture on telecom and mobile Internet issues. The receiver, who in
this case are technicians and developers at operators together with staff
at system suppliers and telecom consultancy companies, can chose who he
wants to listen to and for how long. When entering the seminar website,
the participant also has an opportunity to donate money in an easy way to
SOS Children's Villages or the Salvation Army, by giving his or her credit
card number and desired amount in Euro.

To take part of the interactive seminar, go to:
http://www.apis.se/seasonalgift

For further information, please contact:

Susanne de Verdier, Marketing Director, APIS, phone +46-(0)8-555 105 20,
mobile +46-(0)70-310 24 93,  

www.apis.se

APIS in brief
APIS is an international competence company in mobile telecoms and the
mobile Internet. APIS carries out supplier-independent training projects
in all parts of the world. Clients are mobile telecoms operators, systems
suppliers and consultancy firms with technically qualified personnel. APIS
offers a wide range of courses, ranging from in-depth technical courses
covering several days in such fields as GSM, GPRS and UMTS to seminars on
topical subjects such as Core, IP and 3G services.

Personnel from more than 300 mobile telecoms operators, suppliers and
consultancy firms all over the world have so far participated in APIS
courses and seminars. Since the start in 1994, the business has grown by
more than 100 percent per annum. The greatest growth is currently taking
place on the European and American markets.

APIS currently has some 60 employees in three countries and expects to
increase its turnover by 100 percent in 2000. The company anticipates
rapid growth in the next few years, and has plans to open several new
locations in Europe and the USA.

The company is owned today primarily by its founders, its management and
its personnel, as well as by investors such as Catella Holding, SEB Fonder
and Grimaldi Industri.