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• The new iteration of Mail Movistar has a simple interface and provides users easy access to e-mail from the main screen of the mobile phone. The new software includes many new features enabling users to; pre-program when e-mail updates occur; benefit from a smart solution that will automatically pause e-mail updates to save energy when the battery is low; access several e-mail accounts through the same application and add signatures among other features.
• Subscribers will be able to add and access multiple e-mail accounts with the Mail Movistar service. This service is available at 15€ per month, including unlimited e-mail and Internet downloading, or 6€ per month with a 3MB limit.
• Movistar launches the latest version of its push e-mail service, together with a new mobile handset: the HTC Touch Find. The most versatile touch phone on the market, the phone features GPS navigation, HSDPA connection, a 3 Megapixel camera and a 2.8 inch QVGA screen.

Madrid, 16th April 2008 – Telefónica, as part of its policy to offer its customers the best mobile services, has launched a new version of its Mail Movistar service together with the global market leader in push email, SEVEN. The new service enables subscribers easy access to e-mail on their mobile phone anytime, anywhere; and offers new features, a simple interface, and is preloaded and conveniently found on the homescreen enabling easy installation and use. Telefónica subscribers can use the improved service on the most versatile touch screen mobile phone on the market, the HTC Touch Find.

Subscribers will also benefit from additional features added to the new version of Mail Movistar, including the ability to download certain attachments to the mobile phone and manage the timing and frequency of e-mail updates. The user can now stop e-mail updates from occurring when their mobile phone battery is low to save energy or when they travel abroad. In addition, subscribers can program when they want to receive e-mail updates.

According to José Rocillo, Telefónica España’s Business Director, “This new version of Mail Movistar is much easier to use than previous versions which will help mobile e-mail adoption, as well as help our professional customers who need mobile e-mail access”.

The solution is preloaded and conveniently found on the homescreen of the device and subscribers can add signatures to their outgoing mobile e-mails, update contacts automatically and add incoming e-mail addresses directly to their contact list.

Telefónica has two current offerings featuring the Mail Movistar service. The service is available for 15 euros per month, which includes unlimited downloads, unlimited e-mail accounts and unlimited access to the internet. The service is also available for 6 euros per month, but is limited to 3 MB of data - although subscribers will still be able to set up unlimited e-mail accounts.

Mobilize e-mail on the HTC Touch Find, the most versatile mobile phone on the market

The launch of the new Mail Movistar coincides with Telefónica’s exclusive launch of the HTC Touch Find, an innovative mobile phone, featuring touch screen navigation – enabling the consumer to maximize performance out of their mobile e-mail. The phone features GPS with the high-speed TouchFLO navigator, as well as a trial TomTom application- making it easy for subscribers to utilize their phone to its full potential.

The mobile phone has a 2.8 inch QVGA screen, a 3 megapixel auto focus camera, a slot for microSD cards and FM radio. The Windows Mobile 6.0 mobile phone includes a 3.6 Mbps HSDPA connection and includes the Microsoft Office Mobile software package; all of these features were designed to provide the best possible mobile multimedia experience available on a mobile phone today.

The new Mail Movistar is compatible with the Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems and is also available on a wide range of mobile devices featuring the Palm or Java operating systems.

For additional information contact:

Joannah Barela or Rachel Stein
+ 1 714 540 1030
Bock Communications, Inc.
seven@bockpr.com

Ari Backholm +1 650 381 2510
Vice President, Marketing | SEVEN
ari@seven.com

About SEVEN

SEVEN is a global innovator in mobile messaging, enabling mobile operators, internet email providers and service providers to offer their users intuitive and secure real-time access to business and personal content. SEVEN's software meets the unique needs and requirements of enterprises, small-to-medium organizations, workgroups, individual professionals, and consumers.

SEVEN’s mobile email solution currently ships on devices by HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, including the Samsung BlackJack and the Motorola RAZR. SEVEN is available today for all major international network standards, and chosen by a million users and over 100 leading mobile operators worldwide including Alltel, AT&T formerly Cingular Wireless, DTAC, Etisalat, FET, Globe Telecom, Hutchison, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Sprint Nextel, Starhub, Telefonica Moviles, Telkom Indonesia, and Vimpelcom. SEVEN’s mobile email solutions support corporate email servers as well as personal email accounts and services with AIM, AOL, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo!.

SEVEN is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA, with regional offices around the globe. For additional information, visit www.seven.com.

SEVEN is a registered trademark of Seven Networks, Inc. Always-On Mail, Out of Office, System SEVEN, SEVEN Consumer Edition, SEVEN Personal Edition, SEVEN Enterprise Edition, and SEVEN Server Edition are also trademarks or service marks of Seven Networks, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks or trade names are those of their respective owners.