UMTS License Application

ABB Ltd
1 September 2000


ABB, Deutsche Telekom and Utfors apply for UMTS license in Sweden

*     High-speed mobile multimedia communications available to more than 99% of 
     Sweden's population within three years
*     More than 1,000 new jobs throughout the country
*     Complementary experiences in UMTS development, financing and executing    
     large infrastructure projects and creating innovative services

Zurich, Switzerland, September 1, 2000 - Mobility4Sweden, a joint venture 
formed by ABB, Deutsche Telekom's mobile communications holding T-Mobile
International and Utfors today applied to the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency
for licenses to build and operate nationwide third-generation mobile UMTS and
GSM networks.

Mobility4Sweden's UMTS network will make high-speed multimedia communications
available to more than 99 percent of Sweden's population within three years,
while creating more than 1,000 new jobs throughout the country.  The company
plans to launch its GSM network in April 2001, and its UMTS network platform
will be underway in 2002, following the introduction of third-generation mobile
handheld devices.

ABB will hold a 26-percent share in Mobility4Sweden, while Utfors will have 29
percent and T-Mobile International 45 percent.

ABB brings a wealth of experience in the financing and execution of large
infrastructure projects.  The global technology group also has a proven track
record in the installation, maintenance and service of telecom networks in
several countries in Europe.  In Sweden, ABB employs 20,000 people across its
range of businesses.

Deutsche Telekom is Europe's leading operator and a forerunner in developing
UMTS technology.  Through its subsidiary, T-Mobile International, Deustche
Telekom has bid for and been awarded UMTS licenses in the UK, the Netherlands
and Germany.  All T-Mobile affiliates operate and maintain their own networks to
the highest international standards.

Utfors has actively created a new competitive environment by lowering costs and
prices of Internet services and fixed telephony in Sweden.  Through its own
rapidly growing broadband network, which reaches more than 250,000 subscribers,
Utfors is at the forefront of the development of innovative IP-based services in
Sweden.

Mobility4Sweden has an agreement with Ericsson to provide key technologies and
components for Mobility4Sweden's nationwide GSM and UMTS networks.

UMTS, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, is the next generation of
high-speed wireless date network for mobile communications.  Four UMTS licenses
will be allocated in Sweden.  The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency will review
the applications and, by the end of November, decide which applicants should be
granted licenses.  The decisions will be based on a number of criteria, among
others rollout plan and coverage.

The ABB Group (www.abb.com) serves customers in power transmission and
distribution; automation; oil, gas, and petrochemicals; building technologies;
and in financial services.  With novel IT applications, tailored software
solutions, growing eBusiness and a fast-expanding knowledge and service base,
ABB is building links to the new economy.  The ABB Group employs about 160,000
people in more than 100 countries.



More details about Mobility4Sweden's license application will be available at a
press conference on Monday, September 4, 2000 in Stockholm.

The press conference, at the Grand Hotel, Stockholm, at 09:00AM, will feature
presentations by Goran Lindahl, President and CEO of ABB Ltd.; Sven-Christer
Nilsson, Chairman of Utfors; and Kai-Uwe Ricke, CEO of T-Mobile International.

The press conference will be broadcast on the Internet at
www.mobility4sweden.com, beginning at approximately 09:15AM