5 million subscribers to DSL services in the first quarter of 2005, to a
record total of almost 19.5
11 Denmark 18.5 million DSL subscribers .

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20 Austria 13.40
North America 17,914,205 16. Established in
1994, the DSL Forum is an international industry consortium of over 200
leading service providers, equipment manufacturers and other interested
parties.

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PRESS RELEASE DSL Gains 10 Million New Global Subscribers in First Quarter of 2005

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EU 35,654,062 33. In addition,
State Street awarded 16 grants totaling nearly $80,000 to charitable
organizations in honor of State Street volunteers and one grant of
$10,000 for management assistance.

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Top 20 countries: DSL penetration of phone lines, Q1 05
31 March 2005


Ranking Country Penetration
(DSL/100 phone lines)
Q1 2005

1 South Korea 28.5 trillion in assets under custody and $1.

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By developing new standards
and embracing new applications, the forum works to streamline processes,
define specifications and share best practices that set the stage for
effective deployments, and explosive global DSL growth.
The program contributed to nonprofit organizations that provide
community service initiatives in four primary focus areas: education
and job skills training (146 grants totaling more than $3 million);
health and human needs (178 grants totaling more than $3.2 million); and
neighborhood revitalization (45 grants totaling more than $1.

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4 Finland 22.0
13 Switzerland 16.1
19 Germany 13.dslforum. For more information,
visit State Street's web site at www .

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Over 10 million new subscribers chose DSL
(digital subscriber line) for broadband services in the first quarter of
2005, according to the latest data produced for the DSL Forum by industry
analyst Point Topic. Canada gained almost 165,000
subscribers in the quarter, to total more than 2.1
7 Hong Kong 21.70
South and East Asia 20,464,500 19.S.

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It has set a
target of 500 million broadband DSL subscribers by 2010.

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8 million DSL subscribers
by 31 March 2005. Both Norway and Japan are approaching that mark.com

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5 million . Five countries have more than seven
million subscribers, and a further eight have at least two million
DSL-enabled phone lines.

State Street Global Philanthropy Program Reports 2004 Grants of More than US$9.3 Million

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14 Singapore 15.3 million in 2004, including
$595 ,000 in future commitments.2
million).

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Middle East and Africa 1,505,511 1. Middle East and Africa, the
world's smallest DSL region, has also emerged as a DSL market .

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Source: Data provided for the DSL Forum by Point Topic

European Union (EU) countries continue to make up the world's number one
DSL region, accounting for almost one-third of total DSL subscribers
worldwide.
The DSL Forum facilitates DSL's global dominance by advancing technical
developments, such as our next generation DSL network architecture
specifications and our new work launched for VDSL2 specification support. For more information about the DSL Forum, check out
www.

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Other Europe 1,658,074 1.

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Countries with more than one million DSL subscribers
31 March 2005

Ranking Country Total DSL Q1 2005

1 China 19,497,000
2 USA 15,106,294
3 Japan 13,887,000
4 Germany 7,450,000
5 France 7,184,000
6 South Korea 6,729,406
7 UK 4,987,450
8 Italy 4,935,000
9 Taiwan 3,200,000
10 Spain 2,884,807
11 Canada 2,807,911
12 Brazil 2,092,500
13 Netherlands 2,032,500
14 Australia 1,351,000
15 Belgium 1,112,350

Source: Data provided for the DSL Forum by Point Topic

China, comfortably the largest DSL population worldwide and accounting for
95% of total subscribers in South and South East Asia, has added more than
2.

France, UK, Germany and Japan all added over half a million new subscribers
to broadband DSL in the first three months of 2005 and a further nine
countries gained more than 100,000 subscribers. The UK is the fastest
growing established DSL market, adding over 20% to reach almost five
million subscribers, but other fast-growing countries are generally those
at an earlier stage of market development.4
16 Sweden 14. Each year, the company directs a portion of its pre-tax
profits to the State Street Foundation, which funds the Global
Philanthropy Program, in order to help address community needs.

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Turkey has already added almost
180,000 subscribers to DSL services this year -- representing a growth of
39%.7
6 France 21.3
9 Norway 19. The EU added almost 4. With Turkey
leading the way, it has experienced a 24% growth in subscribers so far this
year, to reach 1.statestreet.

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In terms of market penetration, eight countries have now passed the DSL
Forum's first stage target for a global broadband DSL mass-market (20% of
all phone lines)."

Steve Kingdom, president of the DSL Forum, added, "DSL roll-out continues
to reach unprecedented levels, in both established and emerging countries."

About the DSL Forum

The DSL Forum is tailoring DSL to meet the needs of the next generation of
multi-media services and the online community.

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Regional DSL subscriber totals, Q1 2005

Region Q1 05 DSL % of total DSL
subscriber total subscribers by region

Asia-Pacific 26,300,668 24.00

Source: Data provided for the DSL Forum by Point Topic

Latin America continues to show strong growth, gaining almost 420,000
subscribers in the first quarter of 2005. "Countries such as Turkey, Mexico or the Philippines would not even
have been considered as mass-market targets for a high-tech premium service
a few years ago.

Business Editors

BOSTON----State Street Corporation
(NYSE: STT), the world's leading provider of services to institutional
investors, announced today that its Global Philanthropy Program made
528 grants totaling more than US$9.

About State Street Corporation

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading
specialist in providing institutional investors with investment
servicing , investment management and investment research and trading.

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DSL, the world's most popular broadband technology,
reached a global total of 107 million by 31 the second
largest subscriber increase worldwide.2
5 Belgium 21.

1 million);
youth programs (101 grants totaling more than $1.

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17 UK 14.

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Of the
top 20 countries by DSL penetration of phone lines, 13 are in Europe.1
8 Netherlands 20.6
10 Japan 19.23
Global Total 107,300,387 100.S. states , Haiti and the
Cayman Islands, following a series of hurricanes that caused extensive
damage in the region last fall.
With $9.

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3 Israel 22.5
15 Spain 15.2
18 Canada 14. Brazil has grown by more than
10 % in 2005 to pass the two million subscriber mark, with Mexico and
Argentina totaling more than 300 ,000 each. The program also supported select arts and cultural
initiatives (30 grants totaling more than $500,000) along with civic
improvements (10 grants totaling more than $90,000).
State Street 's Global Philanthropy Program had 29 individual
contribution committees in 18 countries in 2004, including Australia,
Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Luxembourg, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR),
Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland , Taiwan, the United
Kingdom, and the U.

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2 Taiwan 24. As the early adopters start to slow down slightly,
the baton passes to the emerging countries," commented Tim Johnson of Point
Topic. And I think there's another cycle of growth to come as
the established DSL markets tackle the problem of making broadband
connections ubiquitous to all their citizens.

4 trillion in assets
under management as of December 31, 2004, State Street operates in 25
countries and more than 100 markets worldwide.

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Significant growth in DSL subscribers over the quarter is also
evident in Thailand (27%), Poland (25%), Mexico (19%) and Portugal (18%).2 million subscribers in the first three
months of 2005.

"DSL keeps spreading.
Included in this were grants totaling $275,000 from the program's
Disaster Relief Emergency Assistance Fund, which supported relief
efforts in Florida, several Southeastern U.

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12 Italy 18.55
Latin America 3,803,367 3.org. State Street granted an additional
$290,000 to 38 non-profit organizations to sponsor fund-raising
events.

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