Birdstep Technology (fka Birdstep)

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Vicepresident in Ericsson will be the new chairman of the board in Birdstep:

BIRD - EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING



The Board of Directors of Birdstep Technology ASA has today
decided on holding an extraordinary general meeting on June
17, 2004 at 15:00 in Oslo. The formal Notice of Meeting
will be sent to all shareholders registered in the
Norwegian Central Securities Depository as of 1 June 2004.
The Notice of Meeting will also be available from the
company`s offices at Bryggegata 7, 0250 OSLO, from Thursday
3 June 2004, and will also be notified to the Oslo Stock
Exchange.

The agenda for the meeting will be to elect a new Chairman
of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Per-Arne Sandström is suggested to be elected as the
Chairman of the Board.

Per-Arne Sandström is First Executive Vice President and
Deputy CEO of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Mr.
Sandström joined Ericsson in 1988. He has worked as a top
manager within several different units worldwide. From
September 2001 to April 2003, Mr. Sandström held the
position as the COO of Ericsson. From 1999 to 2001, he was
President of the North America Market Area for Ericsson
Inc. (USA). He also served on the Board of Directors of
the Cellular Telephone Industry Association. Between 1993
and 1999, Mr. Sandström served as head of Business Unit GSM
Systems. Until then, he had been Executive Vice President
in the United Kingdom, and the Director of Market
Operations Western Europe. His first position with
Ericsson was at Ericsson Radar Electronics Unit, and he
soon became Vice president and General Manager for the
Airborne Radar division in 1990. Mr. Sandström was born in
Nynäsheim, Sweden, in 1947. He holds an engineering degree
in telecommunications. He graduated 1967 in Stockholm.

Mr. Richard Faber, today`s Chairman of the Board, is
suggested to continue as a member of the board.


Contact name:
Jørgen Bredesen, CEO of Birdstep Technology ASA, phone no.
[phone].