Swedish companies, municipalities and regions

Hannover, Germany 12-19.3 2003

Hall 11 "Future Parc", stand number D24

Sweden and Swedish IT and telecom companies showed some highly impressive growth and development results for 2002 - at the same time as the growth climate in other countries and regions was particularly gloomy.One major contributory factory is the upswing - and in many respects the breakthrough - for practical, everyday use of the Internet. According to a survey conducted by Sweden's Central Statistics Office, SCB, virtually all the country's companies (92-100 % depending on company size) are today linked to the Internet. No less than 71 % of all Swedish companies today carry out their financial transactions over the Internet, and four of out of five have their own websites. Among private individuals, 68 % are connected to the Internet via personal computers that are now a regular feature in 75 % of all Swedish households. One result of this expanding computerisation is that the Internet has developed into the main source of information from public authorities to private citizens. It is the source from which 57 % of all Swedes nowadays obtain their information. This is the highest proportion in the world, according to British market survey specialists Taylor Nelson Sofres.Last year also saw a dramatic 40 % increase in e-trading among the country's mail order companies, according to the Swedish Association of Mail Order Companies - a result which indicates that initial scepticism has finally been overcome. Sweden's mail order companies report e-trade in excess of USD 100 million for 2002, with the expectation of continued strong growth. The figures for Swedish companies' total e-trade and EDI trade in 2002 are not yet fully collated, but in 2001 they accounted for about 8 % of total turnover, amounting to about 320 billion kronor, of which four-fifths stems from sales between companies.Sweden's growth rates and technological maturity have also attracted international players, who according to the 62-country Global Integration survey published in Foreign Policy Magazine, crowned Sweden as the top recipient of FDI (Foreign Direct Investments) per capita in 2002. And interest is not exactly set to decrease against the background that almost 500 companies last autumn competed over the EU's 20 prestigious "European IST Prizes" and were forced to concede that one-quarter of all the awards went to just one country - Sweden!

Landala Nät develops and market systems for public wireless broadband that supports 100 Mbps Internet access. The system is based on fourth generation mobile phone functionality (4G). Investment requirements are reduced by up to 50 % compared to other, similar solutions and hereby provide a faster return of investments. The company offers a turnkey system solution with patented features that are robust, scalable and cost-effective.

LWB (Landala Wireless Broadband) has advantages like:

Speed- at least 10 Mbit/s to a mobile device
Lower costs - substantially lower level of investment compared to a 3G approach
Open - cooperation between telephone operators, network owners and service suppliers
Simplicity - license-free frequencies are used

For further information, please contact Mr. Roger Hendelberg, tel. +46 31 779 22 00, or mobile +46 70 526 705.
www.landala.com / roger.hendelberg@landala.com





Icepage AB, the company behind server.se, has been in business since 1996. The company supplies the Scandinavian market with quality web hosting.

Icepage is offering the complete range of hosting services, including shared and dedicated solutions. The company is also an accredited registrar in the Nordic countries and can help international companies to register their domains with the TLD's (Top Level Domain) .se .dk .no .fi .and .is!

For further information, please contact Mr. Runar Hreinsson, tel. +46 40-689 15 90
www.icepage.se / runar@icepage.se

Digital Network Umeå


Digital Network Umeå consists of a network of IT and Telecom enterprises together with Umeå University(with the Institute of Design) with the purpose to exploit research results and business ideas. Our business idea is to offer customers development and test of
information /communication services and products using a market oriented and user oriented test environment.

For further information, please contact Mr. Christer Edmark, tel. +46 90-15 48 72, or www.snic.se / christer.edmark@snic.se







The business cooperative Shift is an incubator environment aimed at business development for innovative companies and entrepreneurs. Seventeen knowledge-based companies own and run the cooperative. Activities are focused on the possibilities in new information/communication technologies. This includes new technologies as well as innovative interfaces and services.

Two of the seventeen participating companies will be present at Cebit 2003:
- Eye Control Technique (ECT) and NetProvider

ECT provides a patented technology for developers and manufacturers of mobile telephony, computers and games in order to enhance the experience, simplify control and miniatyrize the equipment.

NetProvider intend to demonstrate a prototype of their open platform for in-vehicle entertainment and information, called "Open X-ray".

For further information, please contact Mr. Håkan Klum, tel. +46 26 10 38 14
www.shift.coop / hakan.klum@shift.coop








Artologik is a range of smart, web-based programs that are easy to use. This makes it possible to create interactivity without a specialist's knowledge of the technology or methods involved.

Artisan, the company behind Artologik, also develop and offer web sites and services like intranets, time management, travel ticket bookings, ordering on the web, web publishing, surveys, project management, E-trade, support- and booking systems etc.

The product series was introduced to the Swedish market in 2000, but has never been shown at the Cebit exhibition before.

For further information, please contact Mr. Sören Strömberg, tel. +46 70 977 41 01
www.artologik.net / soren.stromberg@artisan.se




The region of Gävle

With the national surveying office as the main organization, the GIS (Geographical Information Systems) cluster of Gävle possesses Scandinavia's largest concentration of competence in GIS. The companies and organizations in the cluster, with ESRI Inc. in the forefront, have a unique competence. The GIS-institute in the regions university is the engine of the cluster. The aim is to create a strong position as "Center of excellence" in the field of GIS.

During Cebit "The digital town of Gävle" is demonstrated via Internet.
For further information, please contact Mr. Anders Åseby, tel. +46 26 17 81 08
www.gavleregionen.com / anders.aseby@gavle.se



Wipmind develops and sells user-oriented, flexible and cost effective e-business and web content management systems, which integrated with existing business systems save time and increase the customers' efficiency resulting in reduced costs and increased productivity.

During Cebit 2003 the following products are demonstrated:

SiteDirect 3.0 - A range of tools for web publishing, intra-/extranets, E-business, E-marketing and customer relationship management (CRM). These modules can be combined and adapted to meet various business needs and budget. The suite can also be integrated with existing systems to utilize available resources

UpSite - Flexible tool for web publishing with integrated dynamic development environments, targeting advertising agencies and web developers who want to meet customer demands for making internal information changes or updates.

UpSite is launched in January 2003.

For further information, please contact Mr. Mathias Ivarsson, tel. +46 470 74 95 00
www.wipmind.com / mathias.ivarsson@wipmind.com.



UNINET design, develop and market advanced business software and Internet solutions. The company focuses on user friendly object based systems that are extensible and easy to maintain. The interfaces are flexible and to meet various kinds of requests the systems are language independent.

COMA is a Content Management System (CMS) for intranet and Internet solutions and CuReDa a product for Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

COMA was initially released in august 2002 and CuReDa in November 2001.

Expansion in other countries will take place by the use of agents.

For further information, please contact Ms. Elisabeth Brevensson, tel. +46 40 661 11 99, or mobile +46 70-413 46 95.
www.uninetwork.se / elisabeth@uninetwork.se.

Thrust Communications provides corporate messaging solutions. Building on a base of off-the-shelf technology such as e-mail, instant messaging and SMS, the company adds security, integration and automation services to offer corporate customers value-added messaging solutions such as secure mobile e-mail.

For further information, please contact Mr. Per Unell, tel. +46 70 823 52 49.
per.unell@telia.com




The Phonepages of Sweden is a pioneer in the area of services for mobile Internet. The company was founded in January 2000 and develops, markets and sells mobile Internet systems as well as products for network operators and directory services. As of today, the company has over 500 patent applications in the USA, Europe and Asia protecting the business and technology.

For further information, please contact Mr. Jan Hörnström, tel. +46 31 743 07 00 or mobile +46 70 269 24 10.
www.thephonepages.com / jan.hornstrom@thephonepages.com



Streamware Solutions AB delivers technology and solutions for effective transport of streaming data across all types of carriers, by using artificial intelligence (neural networks). Noticeable for this very method is the utilization of existing encoders and decoders optimally by means of dynamically changing codec and coding parameters during playback.

On Cebit 2003 there will also be a demonstration of the video conferencing system ConfWare™ 100

For further information, please contact
Director of marketing Mr. Percy Gustafsson, telefon 070-516 24 86
MD and sales manager Mr. Claes Nilsson, telefon 070-764 09 38
www.streamwares.com / percy.gustafsson@streamwares.com







Quini Solutions is a company that offers knowledge, services and technical solutions.
QSCP (Quini Solutions Communication Portal) is a communication portal for distributed organizations. QSCP facilitates exchange of information between persons and teams that operate in different places. It is also a common place to store product information, market material and other data that has to be available to different persons and groups in the organization. QSCP can also be used for information distribution within a project or another organization.
It is built upon an open architecture that allows the customer to add other modules and applications, i.e. calendars, reservation systems and SMS services. There will also be a connection to mobile devices.

Quini Solutions also collaborates with independent consultants and companies where know-how and experience are merged to an offer depending on the customers' requirements.

For further information, please contact Ms. Alicia Medina, tel. +46 40 12 60 01
www.quinisolutions.com / rolf.medina@quinisolutions.com


PopCatcher has developed a software product that is able to tell the difference between music, talk and commercials in a radio- or TV-broadcast. The users gets access to all music played on a radio network - for free and without disturbing commercials or any DJ talk. Another possibility is to watch TV without commercial breaks.

During the exhibition a demo board is demonstrated, analyzing ordinary radio broadcasts, identifying and saving various kinds of music from those as separate MP3-tracks.

The software is licensed to manufacturers of home electronics and mobile phones.
As of today, most audio/video products offer more or less the same functionality. PopCatcher offers an advantage to manufacturers of home electronics who is implementing this feature into their products.

For further information, please contact Mr. Jakob Berg, tel. +46 8 611 57 70. www.popcatcher.com / jakob.berg@popcatcher.com

Meqon Research AB

Meqon brings realistic dynamics into virtual environments. The tool is physics middleware containing advanced technology for interactive dynamics simulation. They also offer support, education and consultancy in the same field. The core product is the SDK, Software Development Kit. This is a fast, robust and stable API (Application Programming Interface) for interactive rigid body simulation. It is easy to use, fully documented and compatible with leading platforms for games and simulators.

During Cebit 2003 there will be held demos of video games created with Meqon SDK plus information about quick and easy development of video and computer games.

For further information, please contact Mr. Jonas Lindqvist, tel. +46 11 26 41 40 or mobile +46 70 350 49 69. jonas@meqon.com


In association with global partners Linus AB develops, markets and sell products and various services based on the Linus technology. The customers are any organization that requires large images projected in narrow spaces or in other applications where the technology gains from added value.

At the exhibition there will be shown a "Linus demonstrator", showing real time video illuminated by a thin 1-dimensional line of LED's (Light Emitting Diodes). The 1-dimensional line is extracted into a 2-dimensional image on the retina of the eyes, when the viewer looks at the line through a personal optical scanner. This technology, which is covered by seven patents, replaces traditional means of generating an image. It is also simple, robust and weighs considerably less than conventional displays.

Other activities include demonstration of Linus generation 2, and the ideas behind the upcoming 80-inch full color Linus display.

For further information, please contact Mr. Lennart BM Svensson, tel. +46 73 668 61 50
lesv@linusdisplay.com



Dipcon is specialized in active domain name management, converging domain name administration, domain name Internet operations (DNS) and related legal issued on a global domain name market.

Dipcon works with a wide range of different industries and branches, like the pharmaceutical industry, the heavy industry as well as the IT industry. The need for active domain name management is an issue for most organizations as the domain name and its use often reflects trade marks, trade names or company names.

Dipcon has offered its services to the market since 2000.

For further information, please contact Mr. Isaac Keren, tel. +46 31 721 99 31 / 70 726 00 13 or Ms. Anna Abrahamsson, tel. +46 31-721 99 35 / 70-726 00 01.
www.dipcon.com / isaac.keren@dipcon.com eller anna.abrahamsson@dipcon.com.



The company has in parallel with long telecom consulting assignments developed a couple of larger Internet applications where one of them is a booking system for charter traveling. The product is meant to hit the market in Sweden and selected European countries in the first quarter 2003.

ILT has already signed agreements with important business partners. The company's future concentration will be within the telecom- and Internet sectors. During CeBIT 2003 ILT Booking System is introduced. This is a complete solution for travel organizers that want to use Internet as well as conventional methods for travel bookings. Since the system is constantly online all changes and reservations take place in real time so up-to-date information is always available to organizers, resellers as well as customers making web reservations/bookings.

The system utilizes Microsoft WebServices and .NET-platform. Support for e.g. choice of seats in vehicles and for different languages is included.

For further information, please contact Mr. Stefan Bernbo, tel. +46 455 200 38
www.ilt.se / stefan@ilt.se.



Gagna AB focuses on IT Economics and total cost of ownership. The idea is to give the customer the best prerequisites to save money by reaching the highest and longest level of usage of the installed IT infrastructure regardless of brand or other strategic decisions.

Great savings can be achieved in most types of organizations by not replacing more hardware than necessary when for example upgrading an operating system or similar.

Gagna started its operations in the mid -90's.

For further information, please contact Mr. Pär Kraemer, tel. +46 40 660 13 54
www.gagna.se / par@gagna.se.




Elfyma Innovation AB offers innovative solutions for wireless systems. The products are developed for operating at free frequencies for ease of use. The product line includes "smart" antennas with high efficiency, amplifiers and link systems. Partners/customers include Internet Service Providers and broad band operators,

For further information, please contact Mr. Lykke Olesen, tel. +46 8 570 348 55 or mobile +46 70 751 77 15
lykke.olesen@elfyma.se




Retendo is developing and marketing software products for structuring and managing information. The products are built from a concept, which gives the user full control over the information structure. The products can be used for project management or in processes of system development.

The company was founded in 2001 working in partnership with project management consultancies that market their project management process.

Products and news shown during Cebit 2003 includes:

Retendo Extreme for the structuring and managing of information
Retendo Extract adds support to multi project managing and decision making
Retendo Risk used for risk analysis

The first products are to be launched in January and in the same period the first sales contract are to be signed.

For further information, please contact Ms. Susanne R Lundkvist, tel. +46 8 566 154 52
www.retendo.com / susanne.lundkvist@retendo.com





Oryx Simulations AB was founded in 1999 and has in a short time become one of the leading providers of heavy vehicle simulators worldwide. The company specializes in VR (Virtual Reality) for training and education and the core business is training simulators for the drivers of heavy vehicles, like in the forestry business.

Benefits of using simulation technology include higher production rate of operators/drivers, increased safety knowledge and less damage to production vehicles and machinery.

The "Valmet harvester simulator" was introduced in 2002 and so far more than 20 units have been sold to Northern Europe, USA, Canada and Brazil.

For further information, please contact Mr. Derny Häggström, tel. +46 70 512 55 52
www.oryx.se

eFrog AB is a technology oriented company using proprietary technology for the development of applications for Internet and intranets with web interfaces, dynamic data and data base connections.

Customers range from larger corporations to governmental institutions and public administration with a need to create advanced data base solutions that are easy to maintain.

For further information, please contact Roger Jönsson, tel. +46 455-33 99 40 or mobile
+46 70-827 80 08
www.efrog.se / rjo@efrog.se


Broadbandbox AB has since 1999 developed a new product; the world's first truly convergent media-PC. One single box replaces the DVD, VCR, TV, Radio, CD, Mp3-player, etc. All functions are remote controlled via an interface that most users can understand, without any prior computer experience. On-demand services adapted to broadband connections can be used be everyone, from the comfort of ones living room couch, much like the way television works.
The distribution of the first mass manufactured version has just begun.
Manufacturing is conducted by Flextronics, Sweden.
For further information, please contact Mr. Daniel Persson, tel. +46 70 715 36 01
www.broadbandbox.net / daniel.persson@broadbandbox.net

Optiinvoice offers simple and cost effective products for the distribution of documents digitally. The goal is that this method will become a de facto standard for distribution of documents between sender and receiver.

Focus is in customer relations as the company's products not only supply the customers with an innovative solution but also enables an enhancement of related administrative routines.

For further information, please contact Mr. Kim Neel Wyon, tel. +46 8 54590960
www.optiinvoice.com / knw@optiinvoice.com
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Optimaker is a dynamic content management system that online enables users
to search, archive, edit, proof and order graphical documents by using a
free web browser and a free Acrobat Reader.

Repetitive orders are effectuated in seconds, around the clock. Variable
data documents, such as direct mailers, are created by linking databases
to documents.

Optimaker reduces unnecessary administration and manual work, which
optimises production and enables time and cost savings for both client and
supplier.
For further information, please contact Mr. Kim Neel Wyon, tel. +46 8 54590960
Try online: www.optimaker.com
Press information from participating municipalities, organizations and regions


The region of Gävle

The region of Gävle ("Gävleregionen") is a business arena for companies, university and society. By train from Stockholm/Arlanda airport the region is reached within 60 minutes. Among many others, international organizations like Sandvik and Ericsson are situated here. Areas of growth include GIS (Geographic Information Systems), broadband development and mobile services.

With the national surveying office ("Lantmäteriet") as the main organization, the GIS (Geographical Information Systems) cluster of Gävle possesses Scandinavia's largest concentration of competence in GIS. The companies and organizations in the cluster, with ESRI Inc. in the forefront, have a unique competence. The GIS-institute in the regions university is the engine of the cluster. The aim is to create a strong position as "Center of excellence" in the field of GIS.

During Cebit "The digital town of Gävle" is demonstrated via Internet.

For further information, please contact Anders Åseby, tel. +46 26 17 81 08
www.gavleregionen.com / anders.aseby@gavle.se




Business Arena Stockholm


Stockholm - The most dynamic region in Europe*
The region of Stockholm has become known world-wide as "Wireless valley" or "Mobile valley". No other region shows such a concentration on knowledge and companies focused on wireless technology, mobile internet solutions and applications.
*Source: Empirica Delasasse/Wirtschafts Woche

For further information, please contact Mr. Torbjörn Bengtsson, tel. +46 70 472 80 06.
www.bas.stockholm.se / torbjorn.bengtsson@bas.stockholm.se




Business Region Göteborg promotes and develops trade and industry in the Region of Gothenburg. The organization offer tailor-made solutions free of charge for companies interested in establishing or expanding business on the west coast of Sweden. Gothenburg is a recognized and established IT region, for instance hosting one of the world's premier competence cluster in "telematik", the combination of telecommunications and information technology.

Presentations in the Cebit 2003 exhibition include three start-up companies showing the latest in wireless technology, mobile applications and Internet marketing.

For further information, please contact Björn Ek, tel. +46 31 61 24 67.
www.businessregion.se / bjorn.ek@businessregion.se







Future technology and cultural surroundings live side by side in Karlskrona, attractively situated at the south east coast of Sweden. Karlskrona plays an important role in one of Sweden's most expansive sectors, IT and telecom, and is also appointed member of UNESCO's (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage List of "natural and cultural properties of outstanding value in a rapidly developing world.

For further information, please contact Richard Lidén, tel. +46 455 30 30 45.
www.karlskrona.se / richard.liden@karlskrona.se





Norrköping is especially competitive in the fields of IT/media, electronics, paper/packaging and logistics, and many creative contacts are created across the various sectors. The university, an important base for research and future competence, offers many attractive programs and ProNova Science Park provides activities and support for new entrepreneurs and promote developing new business ideas.

For further information, please contact Britt Forsberg, tel. +46 11 15 15 11.
www.norrkoping.se / britt.forsberg@businessregion.se





There are about 200 IT companies, as of which around 65 participates in the Internetcity project, based in the region of Växjö, resulting in competitiveness and new opportunities for local companies to develop and expand further. Some of the organizations operate at international level, for example Cap Gemini, VM-Data and Enator. There are, however, a large number of niche based companies with relatively few employees. The common denominator for the companies involved in the project is their investment in the creative use of IT, especially in the field of Internet-based solutions.
The Internetcity project aims at promoting Växjö as one of the Nordic regions leading centers for information technology with a strong emphasize on the Internet. Furthermore, the project aims at improving growth and create job openings in the existing companies. It also strives to create a suitable environment and atmosphere for the establishment of new businesses in the Internet branch. One of Internetcity's most significant goals is to increase dialogue between the commercial sector and the university.

For further information, please contact Mr. Robert Kitanovski, tel. +46 470 77 86 13 or mobile +46 70 911 13 02.
www.internetcity.org / robert@internetcity.org





The City of Västerås

Situated in the middle of Sweden the city of Västerås lays in the forefront of technologies and industrial IT that will meet future demands, especially in areas like automation, power generation/-transmission and transport systems.

For further information, please contact Mr. Helmer Larsson, tel. +46 21 39 13 05 or mobile +46 70 521 55 21.
www.vasteras.se/evab / helmer.larsson@vasteras.se



World Internet Institute is the research partner in Sweden for the World Internet Project, WIP. World Internet Project is being done by an international consortium consisting of universities and research institutes and the analysis done shall be available to the business world and decision makers, and function as a relevant and trustworthy foundation for decisions. World Internet Project will in over 25 countries follow more than 2000 households/country. This is to be able to, at a close range, study and develop an understanding and models for how computers, digital communication technologies, Internet and its users forms and changes our society.
World Internet Institute is an independent research institute that is being operated in the form of a Non Profit Organization (NPO). We work closely together with universities in Baltic See Region on different research projects regarding the impact of Internet and digital communication technology.
For further information, please contact Johan P Bång, tel. + 46 70 349 88 87.
www.worldinternetinstitute.org / Johanpb@worldinternetinstitute.org








Linköping has a good business climate and is considered to be at the forefront, with the necessary preconditions for new innovations and entrepreneurship.

Today, Linköping is one of Sweden's most rapidly expanding cities. It is also one of two municipalities in the country with the highest number of engineers per capita.

This position is largely a result of the research done at the Technical University and at the Institute of Health Sciences, as well as the companies spun off from research activities, resulting in the creation of many high-tech companies. The fact that Saab is located in Linköping is another reason for the town being at the forefront in several areas. The region has world-class competence in a number of competence areas or so-called clusters.

During the 30s, airplane production started in Linköping. Saab contributed to the fact that a university was established. The university emphasizes on entrepreneurship and its cooperation with the business community.

There is also a technology park, Mjärdevi Science Park, where many of the companies that have spun off from research at the university are located. The park contains large international corporations as well as small one-person companies, and a business incubator for the supporting of new companies.

The clusters that have been identified as Linköping's strengths are aviation technology, electronics, software, life science and communication technology.

For further information, please contact Mr. Michael.Johansson.Frode, tel. +46 13-205995
www.linkoping.se / Michael.Johansson.Frode@linkoping.se]