Telefonica S.A. Receives GITA’s Excellence Award

San Antonio, Texas, March 5, 2007 —The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced today that Telefonica S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil, was named the recipient of the 2007 GITA Excellence Award for the telecommunications sector. The award recognizes the dedication, insight, and high degree of initiative in the outstanding application of geospatial technology. The award was presented during the Opening Session of GITA’s Annual Conference 30, being held March 4-7, 2007, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Always in search of innovative solutions, Telefonica—once more—conquered excellence in its technical and commercial procedures. The expertise of its engineering team made it possible to aggregate additional functionalities to the outside plant records in the state of São Paulo (GIS - SAGRE system), achieving autonomy, agility, and assertiveness, in its operation.

The project, called Constellation SAGRE, allows—in addition to the functions of record-keeping associated with the network automatic assignments—the identification of materials to be used in the maintenance services, control of all network infrastructure that serves a given customer premise, and the integration of the commercial and engineering areas; thus, indicating the data telecommunications services that can be offered at which speeds.

“GITA’s Award is a recognition of Telefonica´s constant search for innovation and improvements. This can only be achieved with the support and experience of highly qualified professionals. The joy in receiving this award must be shared with all of our colleagues at Telefonica—integrators and others that were directly or indirectly responsible for the SAGRE Constellation success,” said Paulo S. Furukawa, director, Access Network, Telefonica S.A.

For more information about GITA’s Awards Program, visit http://gita.org/about-gita/awards_program/index.asp, call 303-337-0513, or e-mail info@gita.org.

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The mission of the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is to provide excellence in education, information exchange and applied research on the use and benefits of geospatial information and technology in business, utility and government applications worldwide. GITA’s Annual Conference 30 will be held March 4-7, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas. Visit GITA on the Web at www.gita.org.