Nokia Foundation awards the founder of Wikipedia
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Corporate news announcement processed and transmitted by Hugin AS.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Helsinki, Finland - The Nokia Foundation has granted its 2009 awardto Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the free, multilingualencyclopedia. Wales was awarded for his contributions to theevolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and trulydemocratic platform.The EUR 10,000 award was presented at the Nokia Foundationscholarship awards ceremony on 4 November, 2009."It's a great honor to present this award on behalf of the Board ofthe Nokia Foundation to an individual who we believe has made aunique contribution to accelerating online collaboration andinteraction for millions of people around the world, and effectivelydemocratizing information sharing," said Henry Tirri, head of NokiaResearch Center and Chairman of the Board of the Nokia Foundation."The theme for this year's award is Open Innovation, a way of workingwhich is very important for our activities at Nokia Research Center,and a value which we believe is embodied in the participatory andinclusive approach of Wikipedia," he continued.Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one ofthe largest reference web sites, so far attracting an average of morethan 330 million monthly visitors this year. There are more than75,000 active contributors working on more than 14,000,000 articlesin more than 260 languages. Wales is also the co-founder ofWikia.com, a project which expands the participatory editing modelinto new areas, allowing the global community to come together tobuild the "rest of the library".Previous recipients of the Nokia Foundation annual award includeLauri 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), Mårten Mickos(2006), Pekka Abrahamsson (2007), Aapo Kyrölä and Sampo Karjalainen(2008).This year, the Nokia Foundation also awarded 77 scholarships with atotal value of EUR 385,000. All 77 scholarships were granted topost-graduate students to support the completion of their doctoratestudies in the field of information and data communicationstechnology.About the Nokia FoundationThe Nokia Foundation was formed in 1995 to support the scientificdevelopment of information and telecommunications technologies and topromote education of the sector in Finland. Multidisciplinaryresearch that bridges approaches from other fields, like social,behavioral, business and services sciences, is highly valued byNokia.The Nokia Foundation provides scholarships and awards for thepurposes mentioned above. Decisions are made by the board of theFoundation, which consists of four representatives from Finnishuniversities and three representatives of Nokia.Established on the initiative of Nokia, the Nokia Foundation wasentered in the Finnish foundation registry in August 1995. NokiaFoundation is not part of Nokia Corporation and its mandate islimited to granting funds in line with the foundation's mission.About NokiaNokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world'sleading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people innew and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology withpersonalized services to enable people to stay close to what mattersto them. We also provide comprehensive digital map informationthrough NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services forcommunications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.Media Enquiries:NokiaCommunications, Corporate DevelopmentTel. +358 7180 34900E-mail: cd.communications(at)nokia.comNokiaCommunicationsTel. +358 7180 34900E-mail: press.services(at)nokia.comwww.nokia.com --- End of Message ---NOKIAP.O. Box 226
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