ROTATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES IN ELISA'S EXECUTIVE BOARD

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ELISA CORPORATION   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 APRIL 2005 AT 12.00pm

ROTATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES IN ELISA'S EXECUTIVE BOARD

Elisa Corporation revises its operational model to increase customer orientation
and effectiveness, in line with its  strategic selections. Accordingly, the tasks
and responsibilities of the members in Elisa's Executive Board will be
reorganised. The changes will take effect on 2 May 2005.

"Elisa's aim is to further enhance its customer intimacy, to increase its cost-
effectiveness and to simplify its operations," comments Mr. Veli-Matti Mattila,
President and CEO of Elisa Corporation.

The new responsibilities of the members in Elisa's Executive Board are as
follows:

Mr. Asko Känsälä, Executive Vice President, Corporate Customers

Mr. Pasi Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Business Customers

Mr. Jukka Veteläsuo, Executive Vice President, Networks

Mr. Matias Castrén, Executive Vice President, Customer Support Services

Mr. Tapio Karjalainen, Executive Vice President, Business Development, R&D and
Corporate Planning

Ms. Tuija Soanjärvi, CFO, Mr. Hannu Laakso, Executive Vice President, Marketing,
and Mr. Sami Ylikortes, Executive Vice President, Administration and HR, will
continue as members in the Executive Board mainly with their current
responsibilities.

Mr. Jukka Valtanen, M.Sc. (Econ.), aged 43, will be appointed as new member of
the Executive Board outside of Elisa Corporation, responsible for Consumer
Customers, starting on 1 August 2005. Valtanen is currently the Managing Director
of Varesvuo Partners Oy, which is a subsidiary of Talentum Oyj, and a member of
Talentum's Executive Board.

Financial reporting will continue as before.

ELISA CORPORATION

Velipekka Nummikoski
Vice President, Corporate Communications

Additional information:

Velipekka Nummikoski
Vice President, Corporate Communications

tel. +358 50 5065588

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