Telefonica and RIM Launch the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone in Spain

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone Offers Email, Messaging, Social Networking, Music and Entertainment for People on the Go

Madrid, Spain - Telefonica de España and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone in Spain. The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, will be available from Telefonica on September 7th, and free on select service plans.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

In addition to providing customers with the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging solution, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is designed to be efficient and convenient. It introduces an innovative touch-sensitive trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It is also the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

Key features of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone include:

• A full-QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive trackpad for reliable, responsive typing and navigation
• 256MB Flash memory and a 512Mhz next generation processor for enhanced performance
• ·Premium phone features including voice activated dialing, and Bluetooth (2.0), with support for hands-free headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
• 2 MP digital camera with zoom and video recording
• Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, plus BlackBerry® Media Sync, which makes it easy to quickly sync music from iTunes® or Windows Media® Player with the smartphone*
• BlackBerry® Internet Service support for access to up to 10 supported email accounts, including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo!®, Windows Live™ Hotmail®, AOL® and Gmail™; and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which provides advanced security and IT administration features for corporate deployments
• Expandable memory via hot swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, supporting up to 16 GB cards today and expected to support next generation 32GB cards when available; a 1GB card is included
• Built-in Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g)
• Quad-band world phone: EGDE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Telefonica offers a wide variety of BlackBerry® services that adjust to the client’s needs, from €10 a month for BlackBerry® Internet Service.

To learn more about the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone visit: www.blackberry.com/curve8520

* Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.

About Telefónica
Telefónica is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies in terms of stock market capitalization. It mainly focuses on the fixed line and mobile telephony areas, with broadband services now key to the future development of both businesses.

The company operates in 25 countries and has a client base of more than 245 million lines worldwide. Telefónica has a strong position in Spain, Europe and Latin America, which is where it is focusing its growth strategy.

Telefónica is a fully private company. It has more than 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its share capital is currently divided into 4,704,996,485 ordinary shares, trading on Spanish continuous markets (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock markets) and the London, Tokyo, New York, Lima, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo stock exchanges.

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

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