TELLME LAUNCHES MOBILE SEARCH FOR EVERYONE

Tellme Networks, Inc.???, which operates the world's largest voice platform, today announced new ways for anyone to search for information they need from any phone. Tellme gives people the easiest ways to get things done when they're on the go, by speaking or typing their query and then hearing or seeing the answer. The free service launches today with local business search by business name or category.

Designed to provide fast, accurate results, Tellme users now have three ways to access the service:

• Tellme by Voice: Call 1-800-555-TELL and just say "business search" to find a business listing or search for a particular category, such as "flower shops," from any phone, including a map for the selected listing. Callers can also choose from many other
  great services like movie tickets, ring tones, sports, news and more.
• Tellme by Text: Send a text message to TELLM (83556) with a business request such as "starbucks san francisco ca" or "pizza boston ma" and get a text message back with the listing and a link to a map.
• Tellme by Mobile: Speak your request and then see the results displayed on your phone screen for a voice + visual search, including maps and driving directions. Download the Tellme by Mobile beta by visiting http://www.tellme.com (or http://m.tellme.com
  from your mobile phone).

"Tellme's vision for mobile search is simple - you should be able to just say what you want and get it," said Mike McCue, Tellme's CEO. "We want people to be able to search from any phone the
way that works best for them. The phone was designed for speaking rather than typing, so we focus on the natural phone interface - your voice."

Answering nearly 80 percent of the automated 411 calls in the United States and handling two billion calls a year for 40 million Americans every month, Tellme has a unique understanding of what people search for on the phone, and how they want to receive the information. Tellme has built a rich data capability to find the specific business a person is searching for, providing the most accurate information available over the phone.

"Web searches are often for browsing, but phone searches are about completing tasks and quickly finding what you want, connecting to it and completing a transaction, whether it's ordering a pizza, buying flowers or purchasing a movie ticket," McCue added.

Tellme's focus is on making mobile search:

Accessible
Tellme provides ubiquitous access, so everyone can quickly start searching by phone, for free. Callers can get information by calling 1-800-555-TELL from any phone. For times when you would prefer not to speak your query, sending a text message to TELLM (83556) gets you the information you need. For users who want to download a voice + visual application there is Tellme by Mobile.
Users can speak a request and then select and view the results right on their mobile phone's screen. This is especially useful for driving directions and other hard to remember search results.

Accurate

People on the go don't want a laundry list of sites or irrelevant information. Mobile phone time is precious, and getting the correct answer the first time is crucial. Tellme has taken its years of
accumulated knowledge and data from answering 411 and applied that to mobile search, to improve accuracy so users just get what they want.

Actionable
Callers want more than answers - they want to act on information by getting directions to a location, sharing the information with a friend or making a purchase. Finding information is
important, but enabling the transaction immediately from the search result is critical to the future value of mobile search. Tellme by Mobile provides four actionable steps: call the business, get a map, get driving directions and share with a friend. By June the company also expects to
test new capabilities such as finding related businesses and community reviews.