Nokia Foundation awards the founder of Wikipedia

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Helsinki, Finland - The Nokia Foundation has granted its 2009 award
to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the free, multilingual
encyclopedia. Wales was awarded for his contributions to the
evolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and truly
democratic platform.

The EUR 10,000 award was presented at the Nokia Foundation
scholarship awards ceremony on 4 November, 2009.

"It's a great honor to present this award on behalf of the Board of
the Nokia Foundation to an individual who we believe has made a
unique contribution to accelerating online collaboration and
interaction for millions of people around the world, and effectively
democratizing information sharing," said Henry Tirri, head of Nokia
Research Center and Chairman of the Board of the Nokia Foundation.

"The theme for this year's award is Open Innovation, a way of working
which is very important for our activities at Nokia Research Center,
and a value which we believe is embodied in the participatory and
inclusive approach of Wikipedia," he continued.

Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of
the largest reference web sites, so far attracting an average of more
than 330 million monthly visitors this year. There are more than
75,000 active contributors working on more than 14,000,000 articles
in more than 260 languages. Wales is also the co-founder of
Wikia.com, a project which expands the participatory editing model
into new areas, allowing the global community to come together to
build the "rest of the library".

Previous recipients of the Nokia Foundation annual award include
Lauri Kuokkanen (1995), Pekka Tarjanne (1996), Linus Torvalds (1997),
Arto Salomaa (1998), Kullervo Nieminen (1999), Osmo A. Wiio (2000),
Ilkka Haikala (2001), Veikko Rintamäki (2002), George Metakides
(2003), Heikki Lyytinen (2004), Moncef Gabbouj (2005), MÃ¥rten Mickos
(2006), Pekka Abrahamsson (2007), Aapo Kyrölä and Sampo Karjalainen
(2008).

This year, the Nokia Foundation also awarded 77 scholarships with a
total value of EUR 385,000. All 77 scholarships were granted to
post-graduate students to support the completion of their doctorate
studies in the field of information and data communications
technology.


About the Nokia Foundation
The Nokia Foundation was formed in 1995 to support the scientific
development of information and telecommunications technologies and to
promote education of the sector in Finland. Multidisciplinary
research that bridges approaches from other fields, like social,
behavioral, business and services sciences, is highly valued by
Nokia.

The Nokia Foundation provides scholarships and awards for the
purposes mentioned above. Decisions are made by the board of the
Foundation, which consists of four representatives from Finnish
universities and three representatives of Nokia.

Established on the initiative of Nokia, the Nokia Foundation was
entered in the Finnish foundation registry in August 1995. Nokia
Foundation is not part of Nokia Corporation and its mandate is
limited to granting funds in line with the foundation's mission.

About Nokia
Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's
leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in
new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with
personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters
to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information
through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for
communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.


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