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Regional agreement to bring educational content to remote schools
through mobile technology

Madrid, Spain, Espoo, Finland and Miami, USA - Telefonica and Nokia
have signed a strategic agreement to bring educational content to
remote schools in Latin America through the use of mobile technology.
The two industry giants made a commitment to transform the delivery
of education in isolated areas as a way to close the digital
inclusion gap in the region and promote social development.

The agreement will help expand the current scope of Telefonica
Foundation's "Proniño" and "Educared" social programs - two of the
most important  private initiatives focused on using information and
communications technologies in the improvement of the quality of
education in the region- and complement Nokia's ongoing work to
harness the power of mobile technology for social development.


During the annual Telefonica Leadership Conference, which is taking
place this week in Miami, Telefonica COO Julio Linares, said: "This
agreement fits our Spirit of Progress, which implies that we want to
enhance people's lives as well as the progress of the communities
where we operate, by delivering innovative services based on
information and communications technologies. Wireless connectivity
opens up strong opportunities of development and integration in Latin
America".

Nokia's CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who was a guest speaker at the
conference, said: "This partnership demonstrates the significant
social benefits that mobile technology can deliver, reaching
communities and children who previously had very limited educational
opportunity in an inspiring and accessible way."

The first implementation of this agreement is planned for Chile,
where Telefonica's mobile broadband and Nokia's advanced mobile
software Nokia Education Delivery will enable isolated schools in
Chile to have access to high quality educational content, including
the most innovative resources, tools and services for students,
fathers and teachers via Educared. The agreement will be later
expanded to other countries in Latin America and will prioritize
schools where Proniño works. Proniño and EducaRed will thereby be
able to ameliorate educational quality through ICT application to
learning processes in some of their rural schools without fixed
broadband connectivity.

Proniño is a program that contributes to the elimination of child
labor through quality education, reaching in 2008 more than 107,000
children across 13 countries in Latin America. EducaRed program works
in the promotion of the use of ICT in education, through its
innovative portal and different teachers, parents and children
training programs. In 2008, EducaRed received more than 60 million
visits from the educational community in its Spanish and Latin
American websites (www.educared.net).

The agreement will also extend to the adoption of Nokia Data
Gathering software by Telefonica Foundation within its Proniño
program.  Nokia's software solution will enable Telefonica Foundation
to monitor and evaluate the impact of the implementation using mobile
devices instead of paper forms.  This will avoid duplication of data
entry, enable faster decisions and reduce environmental impact.

Under the framework of this agreement, Nokia and Telefonica will also
be working with local governments in Latin America in the use of
information technologies to ensure and foster the competitiveness of
their economies.

About Nokia
Nokia is committed to having a positive impact on society that
extends beyond the advanced technology, products and services the
company creates. Through its community involvement programs, the
company prepares young people to embrace opportunities and
possibilities created by the global economy and new technological
advancements. The company has been an active regional contributor to
youth and education causes for many years, with Nokia employees
making their own contributions as volunteers in a range of programs
throughout the world.

About Telefonica Foundation
Telefonica Foundation contributes to build the future of those
regions where Telefónica operates, promoting social development
through education and using main Telefónica strengths: its extensive
customers database and employees, its extensive territorial presence
and its technology capacities. It was created in 1998 and it is
present in eight countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Spain, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. The Foundation's actions also
reach Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay,
thanks to Proniño program.Telefónica and its Foundation are convinced
that education is the key to progress in any country and ICTs are an
essential tool to improve learning processes and guarantee equal
opportunities in the access to education.

About Telefonica Leadership Conference
For the seventh consecutive year, the Telefonica Leadership
Conference continues a tradition of world-class speakers,
thought-provoking panel discussions and opportunities to exchange
ideas with over 700 Fortune 500 business leaders, industry experts
and Telefonica executives. During the first day of the conference, a
select group of CEOs, including Special Guest Speaker Olli-Pekka
Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia, have presented topics related to business
strategy and innovations that drive growth. During the second day,
senior executives of some of the leading IT/Communications
corporations will share their vision on advancements in technology,
and the shift towards "Mobilization" and "Cloud Computing."

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