08/05/2008 - It's victory for Win with new contracts
Win, a provider of interactive mobile services, has announced that it has signed contracts with Allianz Insurance and Yell Group and extended an existing contract with Magticom and AOL. Its subsidiary, Pocket Group, has entered into agreements with Orange UK and Singapore-based telco Singtel. MORE >>
07/05/2008 - Newport Yellow Pages 118 24 7 call centre receives top customer services accolade - 22 April 2008
The Newport call centre for the Yellow Pages 118 24 7 directory enquiries service from international directories business Yell, has been awarded one of the highest honours within the customer service industry. MORE >>
07/05/2008 - Hawaii 411 service shifts to Saipan
Directory assistance for Hawaii will be handled by operators in Saipan under a contract announced Monday by Hawaiian Telcom. MORE >>
06/05/2008 - Local Matters Acquires Local Mobile Search Firm mobilePeople
Media technology provider Local Matters is acquiring Danish local mobile search and advertising provider mobilePeople. MORE >>
02/05/2008 - KCom lifted by takeover talk
Hull City Council's sale last year of its 30.5% stake in Kingston Communications at 68p per share to institutional investors still looks a shrewd move.
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30/04/2008 - Telstra admits confusion over directory inquiries
Telstra has conceded marketing of its pricey new directory assistance number - 1234 - may be confusing to non-Telstra customers who believe the service is available to all phone users. MORE >>
29/04/2008 - The World's Information Services Industry Connect in Las Vegas
This year's highly rated event for the directory assistance industry is coming to Las Vegas. The magnificent Wynn Hotel & Casino resort plays host to this years conference and awards on the 13th and 14th of October. The two day conference, organised by the Pierz Group, will be followed by the exclusive black tie gala dinner and awards ceremony. MORE >>
28/04/2008 - Verizon directory assistance cost increasing
Verizon, Virginia’s largest telephone company, is more than doubling its rates for local directory-assistance calls beginning next Thursday. MORE >>
28/04/2008 - V-Enable's FreeMobile411 hits Sprint
Local mobile search and directory assistance services provider V-ENABLE announced that a full-featured, Java ME-based downloadable version of FreeMobile411 is now available to Sprint customers. MORE >>
25/04/2008 - VoltDelta & Dial Directions to Enhance Directory Assistance with Voice-Activated Driving Directions
Callers Now Can Speak a Starting Location and Receive SMS with Turn-by-Turn Directions to Any Directory Assistance Listing
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23/04/2008 - Call Genie Delivers Integrated Mobile Local Search Product Suite
TORONTO, ONTARIO and SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- 04/22/08 -- Local mobile search and advertising provider Call Genie Inc. (TSX: GNE) today announced the general availability of its Mobile Local Search Product Suite, a comprehensive advertising solution designed to manage the unique characteristics of mobile local search inventory and enable customers to connect are ady to transact' consumers directly with local businesses. MORE >>
23/04/2008 - They're getting smaller, smaller, smaller, smaller...
Glitch at the printers makes reading this year's phone book harder on the eyes MORE >>
22/04/2008 - Virgin Media CEO attacks net neutrality
Last week several UK ISPs banded together to tell the BBC that their iPlayer application was "overwhelming" their networks, and that unless the BBC pay them to increase their network capacities they will start throttling the traffic being sent over their networks by iPlayer. MORE >>
21/02/2008 - Jingle Networks & Dial Directions to offer directory assistance
Jingle Networks & Dial Directions are offering a directory assistance industry-first by providing callers with voice-activated driving directions via SMS. MORE >>
19/02/2008 - mobilePeople launches targeted local mobile advertising
liquid Advertising Suite enables next generation monetisation for directory publishers MORE >>
19/02/2008 - Carrier IQ and Celfinet Partner to Ensure Smooth Deployment of Mobile Service Intelligence Solutions
Carrier IQ uses Celfinet’s expertise in Professional and Consultancy Services to help European Operators maximise their Mobile Service Intelligence Deployment MORE >>
08/02/2008 - V-ENABLE and Opus Research Study Users of Mobile 411
V-ENABLE (News - Alert), a leading provider of mobile voice search and enhanced directory assistance solutions, has announced the results of a nationwide survey it had commissioned from Local Mobile Search (LMS), an Opus Research Advisory Service, according to a press release. The study offers insights on 411 user behavior, customer needs and expectations. MORE >>
08/02/2008 - Free directory enquiries launched
A free directory enquiries service which plays adverts before giving out numbers was launched today. MORE >>
01/02/2008 - Verizon To Sue Intelius? Spotlight on Local Mobile Privacy
Update: Warren Communications News reports “Intelius is dropping a service allowing searches for cellphone numbers using a subscriber’s name” according to a company spokeswoman MORE >>
31/01/2008 - New English-speaking telephone directory in Belgium: www.1414.be
Brussels, January 31st 2008 – European Directory Assistance (EDA), the operator of Belgium’s first alternative directory assistance services available through the shortcodes 12-12 (Flemish), 13-13 (French) and 14-14 (English), can now be accessed on the internet. For English-speaking users, the site can be reached at www.1414.be. MORE >>
25/01/2008 - Cognigen Networks has completed the acquisition of Commission River, Inc.
I haven't been actively marketing Cognigen and it's products for some time.
When the founder of Cognigen Networks, Kevin Anderson, died last year, I wasn't sure what was going to happen to Cognigen, so I pulled in my advertising to see what would happen.
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15/01/2008 - Mobile Search Advertising To Reach $1.4 Billion
Revenues related to mobile search, including ad-sponsored directory assistance and mobile Internet ads are estimated to reach $1.4 billion in 2012, according to the Kelsey Group. MORE >>
03/01/2008 - Vonage and Nortel settle patent dispute
Internet phone-service provider Vonage and communications company Nortel have agreed to resolve the patent dispute between them with no payment of damages. MORE >>
20/12/2007 - CALL GENIE SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH AT&T
Toronto, Ontario, December 18, 2007 – Call Genie Inc. (TSX: "GNE"), a leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to Yellow Pages publishers, directory assistance providers and wireless carriers, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with AT&T (NYSE:T), in which Call Genie will provide its EVD (Enhanced Voice Directory) business category search product and related services to support the AT&T business category search feature. This feature will give users of AT&T directory assistance the opportunity to search by type of business in addition to searching by business name in the 9 Southeastern states. MORE >>
12/12/2007 - Call Genie Announces Listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Dec 11, 2007 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- GNE | charts | news | PowerRating -- Call Genie Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GNE), a leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to wireless carriers, directory assistance providers and Yellow Pages publishers, today announced that it has received approval for the listing of its common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Trading is to commence under the symbol 'GNE' on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 MORE >>
12/12/2007 - CALL GENIE ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE
Toronto, Ontario, December 12, 2007 – Call Genie Inc. (TSX: "GNE"), a leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to Yellow Pages publishers, directory assistance providers and wireless carriers, and PhoneSpots, Inc., a leading provider of advertising exchange and mobile content delivery solutions, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to merge PhoneSpots with a wholly owned subsidiary of Call Genie USA, Inc. MORE >>
12/12/2007 - CallGenie Buys PhoneSpots for $5.75 Million
Voice services and platform provider CallGenie announced that it has acquired mobile ad exchange and directory assistance content provider PhoneSpots, which was formerly PocketThis. The announced acquisition price was $5.75 million (mostly stock). The acquisition is expected to close in early 2008 and gives CallGenie additional partner relationships and a powerful ad platform to offer a much more comprehensive solution to the marketplace. MORE >>
11/12/2007 - TELUS training programs named tops in the world
Vancouver, B.C. – The American Society for Training and Development has recognized TELUS with a BEST award for having one of the world’s best employee learning and development programs. MORE >>
04/12/2007 - Yellow Pages to move directory services to the Philippines
Operators in the Philippines will be handling New Zealand directory assistance calls from next year, as a result of Yellow Pages Group call centre functions being outsourced. MORE >>
04/12/2007 - TeleTech Signs Agreement With Yellow Pages Group
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), one of the largest and most geographically diverse global providers of business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, today announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Yellow Pages Group(TM), a leading provider of directory services in New Zealand. Following a comprehensive review, Yellow Pages Group (YPG) has awarded its 018 and 0172 directory assistance services contract to TeleTech. MORE >>
22/11/2007 - AT&T in Ingenio Acquisition
AT&T has agreed to buy pay-per-call tech firm Ingenio to build its performance-based ad services for increasingly ROI-focused advertiser clients. MORE >>
22/11/2007 - AT&T Buys Pay-Per-Call Search Firm Ingenio
Small businesses soon will have a new AT&T ad platform as a result of Monday’s announcement that AT&T has agreed to buy privately owned Ingenio. Founded in 1999, Ingenio is a provider of pay-per-call services, enabling businesses to generate and track phone leads from ads. With its proprietary technology, the Ingenio platform uses published phone numbers to track calls. Ad fees paid by the business are based on the number of calls. MORE >>
16/11/2007 - Directory inquiries service dials up a loss
Britain’s largest provider of directory inquiry services — 118 118 — racked up a £900,000 loss last year as consumers opted for cheaper methods of finding telephone numbers. MORE >>
16/11/2007 - Leapfrogg Judges Search Marketing at Awards
Leapfrogg Internet Marketing is proud to be sponsoring The Brighton & Hove Web Awards – and as a company with search at the core of their business - are delighted to be judging and presenting the ‘Leapfrogg Searchability Award’ for the forth year running. MORE >>
16/11/2007 - Enquiries unit, radio towers not for sale-D.Telekom
FRANKFURT, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) is neither selling its directory enquiries unit nor its transmission towers in Germany and the United States, the company said on Thursday. MORE >>
12/11/2007 - 18th EIDQ Association plenary meeting in Riga well attended with its focus on ‘Directory Assistance in a Web World’
The 18th EIDQ Association plenary meeting took place in Riga (29-31 October 2007), kindly hosted by Lattelecom SIA. MORE >>
06/11/2007 - Call Genie Signs Agreement to Acquire BTSLogic Europe
Acquisition will add business name search and operator workstation to Call Genie’s award winning voice-enabled local search solution
Toronto, Ontario, November 1, 2007 -- Call Genie Inc. (TSXV: "GNE"), a leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to wireless carriers, directory assistance providers and Yellow Pages publishers, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of BTSLogic Europe ApS (“BTSLogic”), a provider of directory assistance and operator workstation solutions. MORE >>
05/11/2007 - Small caps round-up: Spiritel, OMG, Cape Lambert
Shares in telecoms group Spiritel surged after it announced that it will launch a new directory enquiries service with Virgin Mobile. MORE >>
02/11/2007 - Yellow Pages Group partners with Telus for IT services
Yellow Pages Group announced today that it signed a $90-million deal with Telus to provide IT services support for their operations in Western Canada. MORE >>
02/11/2007 - UK smallcap opening
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Spiritel was up 0.17 of a penny at 0.77, as the telecommunications services business disclosed an exclusive agreement with Virgin Mobile to launch a new directory enquiries service. MORE >>
31/10/2007 - Mobile Ad Revenues: $5.08 Billion by 2012
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Local Mobile Search, an advisory service of Opus Research, today released research forecasting that U.S. and Western European mobile advertising revenues will reach a combined $5.08 billion by 2012, up from an estimated $106.8 million at year end 2007. The U.S. is anticipated to drive roughly $2.3 billion of the total, while European markets will see revenues approaching $2.8 billion within the forecast period. The figure represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 116 percent for the combined regions. MORE >>
31/10/2007 - YellowPages.com customized for iPhone/iPod Touch
AT&T’s site, YellowPages.com, has just been pimped for ease of use on your iPhone and iPod Touch, so should you need directory assistance, before paying those extremely bloated 411 charges, check YellowPages.com. I wonder if the other site, whitepages.com got the same treatment. MORE >>
30/10/2007 - Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Tellme
Based on its recent analysis of the North American hosted interactive voice response (IVR) services market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Tellme, a Microsoft subsidiary, with the 2007 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy. MORE >>
30/10/2007 - Virgin offers wireless number listing
We can only hope this doesn’t lead to bigger things. Virgin Mobile announced yesterday the launch of ListYourself!, a service that allows mobile users to have their number listed in a national directory. Yes, we see this is a step closer to a dreaded Mobile 411, a service we’ve decried since we first picked up a mobile phone. Now, it is an opt-in service, so it’s not the devil himself. But it’s definitely a step in that direction, and it’s just not something we’re willing to welcome. MORE >>
30/10/2007 - WIRELESS DIRECTORY NETWORK: DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE FOR CELL PHONES
Last week flyte launched a new Web site for the Wireless Directory Network. WDN is developing the first global directory assistance database for mobile telephone numbers. MORE >>
25/10/2007 - International Directory Assistance Award Winners
The 2007 International Directory Assistance Conference and Awards took place on the 11th of October at the 5* Princesa Sofia hotel Barcelona. The highly successful event, sponsored by Market Location, included a two day conference featuring speakers and delegates from around the globe. The winners of this year's awards are all leaders in their particular market or field. MORE >>
25/10/2007 - Microsoft and Nokia Go User-Friendly
"With the success of the iPhone, mobile-phone players want to improve menus and other navigation tools on their own handsets—but at what cost? MORE >>
25/10/2007 - Virgin Mobile USA Launches Opt-In Wireless Listing Capability from LSSiDATA
NEW YORK, NY (October 23, 2007) – Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. [NYSE: VM] and LSSiDATA announced today the availability of ListYourself!, the first end-user application that enables wireless customers to control their mobile phone listing information in a national directory assistance database. MORE >>
23/10/2007 - Search Engine race in Indian mobile market
When it comes to internet search it is very well understandable with the amount of space both Google and Yahoo occupies but here comes another race apart from web and is the mobile search. The Indian budding mobile market is the next one that search engine service providers are eyeing for. The latest development in the corner is the ‘OneSearch SMS’ service from Yahoo. MORE >>
18/10/2007 - Irish telephone company announce hike in prices
Eircom has announced today that it is to increase several of its phone charges from 18 March. The company's monthly line rental is set to rise by €1.28 (excluding VAT), from €16.20 to €17.48. This price increase will mean an average increase of 2.9% on residential customers bills and 2% on business customer bills. MORE >>
18/10/2007 - Directory enquiries firm announces price drop
Call 11890 Ltd, the Irish directory enquiries company, has announced that from December 12, it will be 50 cents cheaper than either 11811 or 11850 for 02 customers who use directory enquiries. MORE >>
18/10/2007 - Virgin Mobile Directory Enquiries Rates Thread
Directory Enquiries is head-wreckingly pricey on mobiles. Virgin Mobile refuse to give any 118 rates to their users apart from those of their preferred service 118118. MORE >>
16/10/2007 - AT&T Launches New Directory Assistance Service
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) says a new directory assistance service is now available in Indiana. AT&T 1-800-YellowPages gives consumers free access to business listings. Callers who dial 1-800-YellowPages from area codes within Indiana can receive a listing for a specific busines or listings for a type or category of business at no cost. MORE >>
16/10/2007 - Truvo maximises yellow content with mobilePeople
Copenhagen, London 11 October 2007 – Truvo, a leading local search and advertising company operating across seven countries, has launched a downloadable Java search service for mobile users in The Netherlands based on mobilePeople’s popular liquidTM platform. Truvo, formally called World Directories, is the first international directory publisher to make a number of different content sources searchable next to their own yellow pages (Goulden Gids) and white pages (Nationale Telefoongids). MORE >>
15/10/2007 - Kiwis get mobile Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages Group, New Zealand’s leading directory publisher, today announced that they will launch their WAP2.0 mobile search service in conjunction with mobilePeople and Local Matters. MORE >>
02/10/2007 - 118.com Launches in the U.S.
InfoNXX, the owner of 118118 in the UK and 118218 in France, has quietly launched the local search site 118.com in the US. MORE >>
02/10/2007 - FREE Directory Assistance Supports Breast Cancer.
1-800-FREE-411, the free directory assistance company, has a pretty cool promotion going on right now. MORE >>
01/10/2007 - Call Genie Announces Agreement With Cellwand
Call Genie Inc. a leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to wireless carriers, directory assistance providers and Yellow Pages publishers, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with CellWand Communications Inc, a leading provider of voice and location enabled enhanced directory assistance applications for wireless carriers, to support the launch of its newest version of the #TAXI service in the United States. MORE >>
01/10/2007 - Infonxx favourite to buy D.Telekom enquiries-report
FRANKFURT, Sept 29 (Reuters) - U.S.-based privately owned Infonxx Inc has submitted the highest bid for German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) directory of enquiries unit, a German business weekly reported on Saturday. MORE >>
01/10/2007 - D.Telekom may close M&B sale next week – source
DUESSELDORF, Germany, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) is about to close the sale of Media & Broadcast, a unit of its business clients division T-Systems, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. MORE >>
01/10/2007 - Deutsche Telekom about to sell directory enquiries
According to information gleaned by the German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche Deutsche Telekom is about to sell its directory enquiries service. MORE >>
28/09/2007 - Network Solutions and Ingenio Partner to Offer Pay Per Call
Network Solutions is partnering with Ingenio to offer Pay Per Call services to small businesses. This new partnership seeks to expand visibility for local businesses who want telephone leads from customers who are ready to buy their products or services. MORE >>
28/09/2007 - SWISS FIREFIGHTERS' RAP: IT'S HOT
A made-in-house,video, featuring male and female firefighters rapping and dancing in uniforms and hot pants, has become a world hit. MORE >>
28/09/2007 - Who Is Driving The Growth Bus?
THE PREDICTIONS OF MOBILE MARKETING growth often lack a clear rationale from analysts. Even as soothsayers I have seen anticipate 10x spending increases over the next few years, many are grounded in the same vague promises of "shifting ad budgets" that fueled the silly Web ad projections of 1999. It probably was healthy to hear Digitas Vice President and Media Director Jordan Bitterman say at OMMA East this week that mobile marketing is only at the edges of his radar for now. "It doesn't have the scale," he says. "Our marketers are looking for scale." MORE >>
28/09/2007 - Swisscom combines Connect 1144, 1811 services
Swiss incumbent Swisscom has combined its 1811 directory enquiries service and Connect 1144 operator service under one number: 1811. MORE >>
27/09/2007 - Unique Pay Per Call Service For Advertisers
The Pay Per Call service allows advertisers the ability to generate phone calls from their potential clients through their online marketing campaigns and only pay for the calls that they receive.Advertisers will be able to advertise to consumers who are searching for local businesses and wish to interact with a live person. Pay Per Call advertisers will also be allowed to run their ads across advertising networks, which consists of free directory assistance service providers, mobile search, leading search engines and Internet yellow page directories. MORE >>
27/09/2007 - Bangor Call Center To Close
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Verizon announced plans Wednesday to close a call center in Bangor, leaving 60 employees wondering about their future. The workers could be forced to relocate or leave their jobs. MORE >>
17/09/2007 - VoltDelta Completes Merger with LSSi
NEW YORK--Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Volt Delta Resources, LLC, has completed the merger of a VoltDelta subsidiary with LSSi Corp. The newly merged entity, known as LSSi Data, is a wholly owned subsidiary of VoltDelta. Merger consideration was approximately $70 million in cash, subject to final adjustment based on LSSi Corp's working capital as of the closing date. MORE >>
11/09/2007 - Yellow Pages Online’s Future
The Internet Yellow Pages are not dead and probably will not be for some time, despite what you might have heard. MORE >>
24/08/2007 - 4-1-1 forecast to hit $462 million in revenue
A new forecast from the Kelsey Group has directory assistance revenue skyrocketing over the next five years. According to researchers the market will increase by more than 60%. MORE >>
16/08/2007 - Call Genie Announces New Senior Vice President
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 15, 2007) - Call Genie Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GNE), a leading provider of localized, voice-enabled search solutions to wireless carriers, directory assistance providers and Yellow Pages publishers, today announced that Fred Moroni, has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Global Sales. In this role, Mr. Moroni will lead the company's global business development and account management functions. MORE >>
09/08/2007 - 118 118 staff abuse callers
HATE-filled directory enquiries workers have set up a page on the Facebook website — to abuse customers. MORE >>
06/08/2007 - North American Directory Assistance is ''Best of the Best''
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. --(Business Wire)-- Over the past six month, North American directory assistance providers (DA) performed at levels that are almost as high as statistically possible, making it "the best of the best." MORE >>
02/08/2007 - Apptera Serves Relevant Ads for eBay Auction Calls
Palo Alto, CA – AlwaysOn Summit -- August 1, 2007 – Apptera announced today that its MobileAd Technology is the ad serving technology behind UnWired Nation’s Voice Publishing Platform that also powers eBay Phone Alerts. MORE >>
20/07/2007 - Vodafone to start trial of fixed-line services
VODAFONE will test a partnership with a fixed-line broadband provider as it moves to end its total reliance on mobiles. MORE >>
20/07/2007 - Cablevision Now Offering Residential Customers Up to Four Lines of Its Leading Optimum Voice(R) Phone Service
BETHPAGE, N.Y., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cablevision Systems Corp. today announced that it is now offering residential customers the option of up to four lines of the company's Optimum Voice digital phone service, judged the best phone service in Cablevision's market in a recent national survey, significantly extending the value and compelling consumer benefits of Optimum Voice. MORE >>
18/07/2007 - AT&T’s 1-800-YellowPages Free Directory Assistance
NEW YORK, NY (July 11, 2007) – Volt Delta Resources, LLC (VoltDelta), a wholly owned subsidiary of Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL), announced today that AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has successfully rolled out its next phase for 1-800-YellowPages (www.att.com/1800YellowPages) by making the service available to the entire state of California. VoltDelta provides the carrier-grade, integrated platform used for this Directory Assistance (DA) service. MORE >>
16/07/2007 - Connectivity to launch UK mobile number directory
Phone books still exist, but they’ve been rendered a bit useless by the proliferation of 118 directory enquiries services, who’ll give you any number you want over the phone, and even connect you. MORE >>
16/07/2007 - Brunei's GoldPages directory launched
BUSINESS networking in Brunei Darussalam will now be a breeze with the the launch of the GoldPages, a business directory that gives information on more than 4,000 local companies. MORE >>
13/07/2007 - AT&T’s 1-800-YellowPages Service Rolls-Out in California
San Bruno CA – July 12 – Upon the successful completion of a controlled trial, Apptera announced today that its MobileAd Technology will power the ad serving capability within the expansion of AT&T’s new ad-sponsored directory assistance service. After testing the service and gaining positive feedback from advertisers and callers in three cities for the controlled trial, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has officially moved to the next phase of its product launch by making the service available to the entire state of California. Apptera’s MobileAd Technology provides the ad management and targeting component of the overall solution provided by VoltDelta, a wholly owned subsidiary of Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL). Apptera will continue to serve targeted ads to VoltDelta’s platform, available to landline or mobile callers when they dial 1-800-YellowPages (1-800-935-5697). MORE >>
12/07/2007 - 118 118 claims calls hike on back of Yell advertising
The Number 118 118 is claiming that the latest TV campaign from rival Yell has inadvertently helped to promote its service at the expense of Yell’s own 118 247 service. MORE >>
12/07/2007 - 118 118 launches new classified business
The Number UK today launches 118118//Media, a new classified advertising company offering businesses the opportunity to reach the tens of millions of callers to Britain’s most popular number, 118 118. MORE >>
11/07/2007 - AT&T Rolls Out Free Directory Assistance
AT&T 1-800-YellowPages Gives Callers Free Access to Nationwide Information and Provides Businesses the Opportunity to Reach Customers at Critical Moments MORE >>
11/07/2007 - Omniture Signs European Directory Firm
Orem, Utah-based web analytics provider Omniture said today that European Directories S.A., a provider of search and directory assistance, has selected Omniture for its local search sites. Financial size of the deal was not disclosed. European Directories operates a business that includes printed directories, online and mobile search, and directory assistance. The firm's services cover Netherlands, Finland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Gibraltar. Omniture said that European Directories will use its Omniture SiteCatalyst product to optimize its local search properties. MORE >>
09/07/2007 - Verizon Signs Long-Term Agreement With Call Genie
Verizon Signs Long-Term Agreement With Call Genie MORE >>
09/07/2007 - Sprint Expels Subscribers Over Heavy DA Usage
This is very strange (from the WSJ [sub req’d]); Sprint is terminating heavy directory assistance users:
The country’s third-largest wireless provider, with more than 53 million subscribers, has sent letters to about 1,000 subscribers terminating their contracts, according to Roni Singleton, a company spokeswoman.
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09/07/2007 - Call Centre Advisors - Newport
Ready to work with the best in the business? Whether you re looking to get back to work, for a change of direction or a fresh take on call centre working, we ll give you everything you need to succeed. MORE >>
06/07/2007 - FREE411 Jingles it's way into Skype 3.5
Internet telephony provider Skype on Thursday announced that it will partner with Jingle Networks to provide U.S. customers with free directory assistance access via Jingle's 1-800-FREE411 offering. MORE >>
06/07/2007 - Ongoing SEO Consulting Benefits
When companies consider search engine optimization as a service, it’s important to understand that this kind of consulting comes in a variety of forms with the most popular being: phone consultations, site audits/reviews and ongoing SEO consulting. MORE >>
06/07/2007 - Skype Selects Jingle Networks
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jingle Networks, Inc., operator of the 1-800-FREE411 directory assistance service and Skype, the leading Internet communications company, today announced a strategic partnership to make the 1-800-FREE411 service easily accessible to Skype users in the United States. Jingle Networks’ 1-800-FREE411 service will now give U.S. Skype users (using Skype 3.5 for Windows) a free directory assistance service without the $2 to $3 fees typically charged by telephone carriers for regular 411 calls. MORE >>
06/07/2007 - Local.com patents SMS delivery system
Advertisers interested in SMS listings and ads will want to pay attention to a new patent secured by Local.com. The patent is for the delivery of sponsored directory listings through SMS and MMS platforms. It is the first of its kind. MORE >>
06/07/2007 - Local.com Secures Sponsored Link Text Message Patent
LOCAL.COM has secured a patent for the delivery of sponsored directory assistance listings via SMS and MMS, positioning itself as the conduit between advertisers, free 411 service providers and mobile search consumers. MORE >>
05/07/2007 - Local.com Could Slap Free411 with Licensing Fees
Local search site Local.com was awarded a patent Monday covering voice and mobile directory assistance, as well as the ad model used to monetize those searches. As a result of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's stamp of approval, the firm has enjoyed a high-flying stock price. Though implications for other players in the ad-supported directory space are also up in the air, Local.com does plan to attempt to charge competitors with patent licensing fees. MORE >>
25/06/2007 - Orange Selects PhoneSpots Mobile Advertising Solution
Highly Targeted Advertising Delivered to Mobile Phones Following Directory Assistance Calls
OAKLAND, CA--(Marketwire - June 19, 2007) - PhoneSpots, a provider of next-generation mobile phone advertising, announced today that Orange UK, a leading provider of mobile phone service and directory assistance, has selected PhoneSpots' mobile advertising exchange to deliver enhanced listing information and targeted advertising to mobile phones that call the company's popular "118 000" directory assistance service. Following each call to 118 000, a text message containing the enhanced listing and advertising is automatically sent to the caller's phone. More information about PhoneSpots and its mobile advertising exchange may be found at www.phonespots.com.
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25/06/2007 - Three On Your Side: 1-800-FREE-411
Cellphone users can rack up major fee's using wireless directory assistance. Some charges are as much as a cup of good coffee. Add that to your fees. There's got to be a better way to get phone numbers.
Well, the old fashioned way of getting telephone information and paying for it is over.
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25/06/2007 - Free directory assistance to be tested here
Verizon Communications said Wednesday that it has chosen Denver as one of two test markets for a new directory-assistance service that is free for users.
The catch is that callers have to listen to one or two advertisements before they get the number or information they're looking for. The ads typically last 10 to 25 seconds.
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25/06/2007 - Exalead surges in French search
French search engine Exalead is now growing its user base faster than Google or any of its rivals.
The site grew its share 16.1% between April and May, while Google grew 0.4%, Yahoo! fell 7.1% and MSN was down 5.6%, according to XiTi Monitor.
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20/06/2007 - Volt Delta Resources, LLC to Acquire LSSi Corp
NEW YORK-Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL) (the Company) announced today that Volt Delta Resources, LLC. (VoltDelta), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has signed a definitive merger agreement with LSSi Corp. (LSSi) and certain shareholders of LSSi. As a result of the merger, LSSi will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VoltDelta. The total merger consideration will be approximately $70 million in cash subject to adjustment after the closing based upon the amount of LSSi's working capital on the closing date. MORE >>
20/06/2007 - Consumers to Receive Mobile Phone Advertising
OAKLAND, CA--(Marketwire - June 19, 2007) - PhoneSpots, a provider of next-generation mobile phone advertising to support mobile local search, today announced that Ahhaaa/118100, a leading provider of telephone directory assistance in Sweden, has selected the PhoneSpots Mobile Advertising Exchange to deliver targeted advertising to consumers who have called or sent SMS for directory assistance. The advertising is in the form of text or multimedia messages sent to consumers' mobile phones and may be accompanied by value-added content, such as coupons or maps. Users of the company's Web-based local search service will receive similar advertisements. The PhoneSpots Mobile Advertising Exchange enables mobile local search providers, such as directory assistance operators and yellow pages publishers, to differentiate their service offerings and to create new revenue opportunities. More information about the PhoneSpots Mobile Advertising Exchange is available at www.phonespots.com. MORE >>
20/06/2007 - SEAT PG denies Thomson sale talk
SEAT Pagine Gialle has denied reports that a planned exit by its private equity backers could prompt a sale of the Italian group's Thomson telephone directories in the UK. MORE >>
20/06/2007 - Metro One Signs Enhanced Directory Assistance Contract With PCS1
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq:INFO), a developer and provider of Enhanced Directory Assistance® (“EDA”) and other enhanced telecom services, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year contract to provide EDA and other services to subscribers of PCS1. PCS1 is a 58-year old full service telecommunications company, providing small and medium-sized business customers in California with high-quality, Centrex-based, local and long distance services, voice messaging and ISDN/DSL Internet access. MORE >>
18/06/2007 - For the record 15 June
Molex to close Cork factory | Hosting365 says problems have been resolved
US electronics firm Molex is to make 80 workers at its Cork factory redundant. The company, which manufactures electrical connection systems, is to close its factory in Millstreet as part of a restructuring of its Irish operations. The firm currently employs 100 people at its Millstreet operation and around 400 at a plant in Shannon.
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14/06/2007 - suchen.de Launches Mobile Search
13 June, 2007 - German local search pioneer cooperates with mobilePeople and IT2media to offer Java based mobile search client in Germany MORE >>
14/06/2007 - Let us guide you
Are you in search for something fun to do, an exciting place to eat, information on the community or a new home? We have the solution to all four. MORE >>
13/06/2007 - INTERNET & MOBILE DIRECTORIES NOT RESPONSIVE TO CONSUMER CALLS
NEW YORK, NY (June 5, 2007) – Nearly two-thirds of businesses listed in a typical Internet and mobile directories aren't responsive to an immediate consumer request for service. That’s the major finding of a new survey of 5,000 local businesses, conducted in April in the Los Angeles area by FastCall411 (www.fastcall411.com), a startup dedicated to improving the search experience for consumers in need of local service providers. MORE >>
04/05/2007 - Football star's internet legal threat to 192.com
Ipswich football ace Kieron Dyer is today considering legal action after a directory inquiries service listed him as a “serial roaster”. MORE >>
30/04/2007 - Italian-Spanish Consortium Gets Control of Telecom Italia
Spain's phone giant Telefonica and a group of Italian financial heavyweights Saturday bought 100% of Telecom Italia's largest shareholder, ending a long battle over control of Italy's main telecommunications operator in a EUR4.1 billion deal. MORE >>
25/04/2007 - PhoneSpots Launches Mobile 'Ad Exchange,' Announces AT&T Deal
Directory assistance vendor PocketThis has rebranded as PhoneSpots and relaunched a new mobile ad "exchange." The company has been around since 1999 and pioneered the "send to mobile" feature now in widespread use on local search sites. PocketThis originally offered enhanced results (additional content and links) from directory assistance queries when users opted to receive them as text messages. Its relationships were primarily in Europe. MORE >>
25/04/2007 - INFOTE of Greece to implement new directory publishing platform
DPS, the directory publishing platform offered by Volt Delta International, has been chosen by INFOTE of Greece to replace its current publishing platform. INFOTE is Greece's largest provider of yellow pages; Volt Delta International is a subsidiary of the US based Volt Information Sciences. MORE >>
25/04/2007 - Paisley Group Confirms LSSi Listings Most Accurate in Industry – for Fifth Year in a Row
For the fifth year in a row The Paisley Group, the telephony industry’s leading measurer of directory assistance accuracy, has determined that LSSi’s United States database of telephone listings is the most accurate in the industry. MORE >>
25/04/2007 - Yell shares plunge as US phone book earnings drop
Yell, owner of Yellow Pages, shocked investors yesterday by warning that growth in its core US classified directories business had faltered due to intense competition. MORE >>
24/04/2007 - ‘Sing Your Heart Out Ireland!’ as directory enquiries duo take to the streets for Temple Street Children's University
118 50, the Irish Directory Enquiries number, has announced the launch of a massive nationwide on-street and internet promotion, ‘Eurovisionoke’, today. This all singing, all dancing promotion will see the two quirky characters 118 and 50, from the directory enquiries’ television ad campaign, taking to the streets of the nation’s main cities, encouraging the people of Ireland to sing their favourite Eurovision song, in a nationwide ‘Eurovisionoke’. 118 50 will donate proceeds from this campaign to Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. MORE >>
23/04/2007 - Thomson Directories appoints head of marketing
Thomson Directories has promoted Jill Pringle, usage marketing manager, to the new role of head of marketing. She will report to product and marketing director Gary Brown and takes over her new role immediately. MORE >>
12/04/2007 - Firm clinches £4m delivery contract
Door drop delivery firm LinkDirect has won a contract worth £4m to deliver BT telephone directories to homes across the UK. MORE >>
03/04/2007 - Schools in Yellow Pages tree for all
Schools across Scarborough are busy trying to collect as many old Yellow Pages directories as they can to win hundreds of pounds.
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26/03/2007 - Telecom sells Yellow Pages for $2.24b
Telecom has sold its Yellow Pages directories business to Hong Kong-based private equity fund CCMP Capital Asia and Canada's Teachers' Private Capital for $2.24 billion. MORE >>
26/03/2007 - Yell.com introduces pay per performance advertising products in the UK
Yell.com today announces significant enhancements to its advertising product portfolio with the addition of pay per click (PPC) and enhanced banner advertising. Targeted at national brands and offering advertisers more flexibility and control, Yell.com can now complement and support all online advertising campaigns, regardless of their budget, size and length. MORE >>
21/03/2007 - 118 118 to sponsor ITV1 movies
118 118 is to continue with a high profile presence on TV as the new broadcast sponsor of ITV1 movies. MORE >>
21/03/2007 - KPN In Talks To Enter Spanish Mobile Telephony Market
Dutch telecommunications operator Royal KPN, Tuesday said it is in talks to launch services as a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, in Spain, which would entail leasing capacity from local network operators to offer an own-brand service. MORE >>
09/03/2007 - Thomson Local to rebrand directory
Directories brand Thomson Local has announced it is rebranding its famous blue classified directory. MORE >>
09/03/2007 - Australian Consumer body slams proposed directory assistance changes
The Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) has come out strongly against a decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to allow extra, charged, services to be provided on the directory assistance number 1223. MORE >>
07/03/2007 - CVC emerges as frontrunner for New Zealand Yellow Pages
Private equity fund CVC Asia Pacific is emerging as the frontrunner to buy Telecom's Yellow Pages directories business, which looks set to fetch a sum at the top end of analysts' expectations. MORE >>
05/03/2007 - Call 11890 extends free enquiries service in Ireland
Directory enquiries company Call 11890 is investing EUR3.5 million to extend its free service from landlines until the end of March. MORE >>
02/03/2007 - Seven Network in line to win $2bn Telecom New Zealand deal
THE Seven Network and its new private equity partner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have made a shortlist to buy Telecom New Zealand's directories business in a deal worth as much as $2 billion. MORE >>
27/02/2007 - 192.com launches 2007 Electoral Roll
192.com is retaining its status as the UK’s most powerful people finder as it makes this year‘s Electoral Roll data available today. The 2007 Electoral Roll adds 29 million new names and addresses to 192.com, bringing the total number of current and historical records available to over 200 million.
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23/02/2007 - Infoserve launches advanced online local business directory
Infoserve, the local search company, has launched a new online business directory that will make it significantly easier and faster for the 76% of the UK population searching for businesses on the Internet. MORE >>
21/02/2007 - MojoPages.com Launches in Local Search Space
Internet Startup Revolutionizes Local Search: Imagine YellowPages, MySpace and YouTube, All Rolled Into One MORE >>
21/02/2007 - Yellow Pages Group to pay $330M for Aliant Directory Services
Yellow Pages Group said on Monday that it will pay $330 million to acquire full ownership of Aliant Directory Services, an Atlantic Canadian telephone pages directory company partly owned by Montreal-based Yellow Pages. MORE >>
21/02/2007 - RR Donnelley to move blaze press to Poland?
RR Donnelley's UK print site in Flaxby Moor has been dealt a further blow with news that the press devastated by fire last year is to be moved to Poland. MORE >>
14/02/2007 - State Commission accepts $2M Verizon phone directory settlement
Verizon Communications Inc. will pay $2 million to Virginia customers affected by mistakes in phone directories under a settlement approved by the State Corporation Commission on Tuesday. MORE >>
14/02/2007 - Acquisitions underpin profit surge at Canadian Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages Income Trust, Canada's biggest directory publisher with a 90 per cent market share, Tuesday reported a 174 per cent surge in fourth-quarter profit to $113 million after digesting several big acquisitions. MORE >>
14/02/2007 - INFONXX and VoiceSignal Collaborate to Develop Ad-Supported Voice-Enabled Mobile Search and Directory Enquiry Technology
Mobile Voice Search Product to Ship Embedded in Phones from Top Tier OEMs Worldwide. MORE >>
13/02/2007 - Nuance Paves Way for Mobile Search, Drives New Opportunities for Ad Revenue
Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that it is working with organizations such as Gannett Co. Inc. to tap into the growing market for mobile advertising revenue. MORE >>
13/02/2007 - m-spatial Launches 'Converged Local Search'
m-spatial, the market leader in mobile local search, today announces the launch of its solution for Converged Local Search- a major new initiative designed to stimulate mass market consumer adoption of local search on mobile devices. MORE >>
12/02/2007 - Telstra exits scramble for Yellow Pages New Zealand
Telstra is out of the running to buy Telecom's Yellow Pages Group, leaving the way clear for private equity to take over the directories business. MORE >>
12/02/2007 - USA Dex sets record in Yellow Pages ad sales
Competition from online directories hasn’t stopped Colorado Springs consumers from using a relic of the pre-Internet age — the Yellow Pages. MORE >>
09/02/2007 - Yellow Book USA buys Paradise Yellow Pages
The USA's oldest and largest independent yellow pages publisher has acquired a Hawaii-based telephone directory publisher. MORE >>
09/02/2007 - RR Donnelley considers 35 redundancies at its UK print site
RR Donnelley is looking to make 35 redundancies at its UK print site, in Yorkshire, after one of its presses was devastated by fire last November. MORE >>
09/02/2007 - Idearc revenues, net income down in 4Q, all of 2006
Idearc Inc., which was spun off from Verizon in November, said Thursday its revenues and net income declined in the fourth quarter and all of 2006, as growth in Internet business failed to offset declines in the company’s printed Yellow Pages books. MORE >>
09/02/2007 - Yell 9-month revenue tops forecasts
Directories publisher Yell said on Thursday its nine-month revenue and underlying profit rose more than forecast and that it was on track to meet year-end expectations. MORE >>
09/02/2007 - Israel - New 1344 service provides all phone numbers: fixed and cellular
The new 1344 phone number information service began operations yesterday. The new directory assistance center will provide the caller with all the phone numbers for anyone from all of Israel's communications companies - cellular and landline. MORE >>
07/02/2007 - West Berkshire children join the race to recycle and raise money for their school and charity at the same time
Children have joined the race to recycle. They will spend six weeks collecting old Yellow Pages phone directories to recycle and help increase woodland across the country. MORE >>
06/02/2007 - Australia - Google and News map out deal
INTERNET powerhouse Google will today launch its long-awaited push into Australia's booming local online search market via a partnership with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. MORE >>
06/02/2007 - Carlyle and KKR among 9 bidding for New Zealand Yellow Pages
Carlyle Group, Telstra and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are among at least nine companies bidding up to 2.2 billion New Zealand dollars, or $1.5 billion, for the Yellow Pages directories unit of New Zealand's Telecom, three people with knowledge of the sale said. MORE >>
05/02/2007 - New Zealand Yellow Pages draws 'incredible' interest
Carlyle Group, Telstra and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co are among at least nine companies bidding up to $2.2 billion for Telecom's Yellow Pages directories unit. MORE >>
05/02/2007 - Mobile firms warned against battling Google over search
Analysts tell telecoms firms to be cautious of setting up own phone-based search engine. MORE >>
02/02/2007 - Yellow Pages New Zealand expects 10 bids
As many as 10 parties are expected to lodge indicative bids for Telecom's Yellow Pages directories business in time for today's deadline. MORE >>
30/01/2007 - Telstra still in race for NZ Yellow Pages
TELSTRA is expected to battle private equity firms for Telecom New Zealand's directories business, with indicative bids due this week. MORE >>
28/01/2007 - Irish Directory Enquiries company aims for 10% market share
Directory enquiries company Call 11890 has launched an ambitious drive to achieve 10% of the lucrative directory enquires market, estimated to be worth €70m, by 2008. MORE >>
25/01/2007 - Yell.com unveils new services as it expands in the mobile arena
Yell.com today announced the launch of two new mobile services, application-based and browser-based, offering the growing number of UK mobile internet users the most advanced and feature-rich mobile services of their kind. MORE >>
25/01/2007 - 118 trades to launch new service to connect public with tradespeople across the UK
118 trades to launch new ‘Find a Trusted Trader’ Service. MORE >>
24/01/2007 - USA - WhitePages.com Launches New People Search Application
Comprehensive Search Results Now Include Email, Web Results, Public Records and Professional Profiles. MORE >>
22/01/2007 - International Directory Assistance Conference & Awards 2007 Launched
The launch of the International Directory Assistance Conference & Awards 2007 has been announced today by 118Tracker.com and their media partner DA Insider. The prestigious event, to be held in Barcelona, Spain in September 2007 is the highlight of the directory assistance calendar. MORE >>
17/01/2007 - Canadian Yellow Pages Groups Calls for Entries to its Second Annual Make It Real Program
Initiative Recognizes and Rewards Community-focused Small Businesses in 10 Canadian Cities. MORE >>
17/01/2007 - DealsLocally.com Launches the First UK Directory with a Local Twist
Deals Locally launches the first UK website that makes searching for local discounts, special offers and bargains in any UK town or city the way it was always meant to be. MORE >>
16/01/2007 - New Zealand Yellow Pages bidding war may top $2b
Strong interest in Telecom's Yellow Pages from media companies and private equity firms appears to given the asking price for the directory business a sharp boost. MORE >>
16/01/2007 - Canadian White Pages cuts distribution as people opt to click, not flip
The march of technology has claimed another victim. Starting now, the residential phone directory will be distributed only once every two years in Ottawa and three other major markets across the country. MORE >>
16/01/2007 - Telecom New Zealand axes 230 in restructure
Telecom has almost completed a top-down restructuring, causing 230 redundancies so far. MORE >>
16/01/2007 - Boston Consumers Say Location and Size Matter
Based on consumer market research and Bostonian shopping patterns, Idearc Media Corp., the official publisher of Verizon print directories, is introducing three newly designed Verizon Yellow Pages. The three localized editions take the place of the former single Boston Verizon Yellow Pages directory, representing one of the most significant enhancements introduced since the launch of the predecessor Yellow Pages 100 years ago. MORE >>
15/01/2007 - Seven to bid for NZ's Yellow Pages
Seven Network is preparing a bid for the upcoming auction of Telecom Corp of New Zealand's Yellow Pages business, The Australian newspaper said. MORE >>
13/01/2007 - USA - Owner sells Spanish Yellow Pages
Sri Naidu, who started the area's only Spanish language yellow page directories in 2003, has sold the venture to Hispanic Yellow Pages of America, a Chicago-based company the publishes Spanish directories in Illinois, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada. MORE >>
13/01/2007 - Canada - Aliant Directory Services Selects DMTI Spatial to Improve Its Mapping for the Yellow Pages Directories
DMTI Spatial, Canada's Leader in location based solutions announces today that Aliant Directory Services, a trusted source of business, and consumer information and a proven advertising medium for growing local businesses, has chosen DMTI Spatial to improve the quality of the maps in their Yellow PagesTM directories. MORE >>
13/01/2007 - Egypt Yellow Pages now available on millions of Nokia phones
Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd., the official publisher of Yellow Pages branded products in Egypt, today announced the global release of the Egypt Yellow Pages search plugin for Nokia Mobile Search. MORE >>
12/01/2007 - The Bigger Picture develops first search related DA mobile content portals for privately held 118 DA companies and Mobile Operators
The Bigger Picture, working with July Systems, as it’s technical partner, has developed the first search related mobile content portals for privately held 118 Directory Assistance companies and Mobile Operators worldwide. MORE >>
12/01/2007 - Yell.com to take on 90 telesales staff at £26,000 a head
SCOTLAND'S thriving call centre industry received a further boost yesterday with the news that directories giant Yell is to create 90 new posts commanding salaries of more than £26,000. MORE >>
12/01/2007 - South Africa: 'Oops! We've wiped out your number'
Telkom Directory Services (TDS), a subsidiary of Telkom, has admitted that it has accidentally erased some telephone numbers from its latest telephone directory. MORE >>
11/01/2007 - Metro One Renews Agreement with Cablevision
Metro One Telecommunications, Inc., a developer and provider of Enhanced Directory Assistance ® (“EDA”) and other telecom information services, today announced that it has renewed an agreement for enhanced telecom information services with Cablevision Systems Corp., one of the USA’s leading entertainment, media and telecommunications companies. MORE >>
11/01/2007 - 8x8, Inc. Signs Agreement With LSSi Corp. to Offer Free Directory Listing Service to Packet8 Business VoIP Subscribers
8x8, Inc., provider of Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone communication services, today announced it has signed an agreement with LSSi Corp., the world's leading provider of telephony-sourced databases of telephone listings, to offer nationwide directory listing service to Packet8 business VoIP phone service subscribers. MORE >>
11/01/2007 - RIM and Yahoo! Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0
Research In Motion (RIM) and Yahoo! Inc. have expanded their strategic global alliance to bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to millions of BlackBerry users around the world. MORE >>
10/01/2007 - Will the white pages wither in a wireless world?
More than half of Albuquerque 's phone numbers will likely be missing from the new 2007 Dex white pages as they appear on doorsteps across the city this month. MORE >>
10/01/2007 - New Zealand - Gold from Yellow Pages
Telecom has told potential buyers of its Yellow Pages unit that the directories business will post 13 per cent revenue growth this year. It has asked for initial bids by early February. MORE >>
09/01/2007 - Arte De America Hispana Deadline February 16th, 2007
HYP Network, the leading independent publisher of Spanish language yellow page directories in the United States makes the call to all artists in the Chicago area to submit a piece of art and compete for a top prize of 3,000 dollars in its Arte de America Hispana contest. MORE >>
09/01/2007 - go2 Delivers More Than One Billion Mobile Page Views
Leading Local Search and Content Network Crosses New Mobile, Local Content Milestone. MORE >>
09/01/2007 - Motorola To Use Yahoo's New Mobile Software
Motorola will use Yahoo's new mobile software in its phones.
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09/01/2007 - Yell gives Newport plenty to shout about
Directory business Yell will today announce plans to open a multi-million-pound call centre in Newport. MORE >>
03/01/2007 - Atlanta Based Peopleintheknow.com Launches A Business Directory
Atlanta Based Peopleintheknow.com launches a business directory that will allow business owners and freelancers to advertise to over 100,000 other business owners and affluent consumers free of charge. MORE >>
03/01/2007 - USA - Nuance Adds Speech Automation to 1-800-YellowPages
AT&T's 1-800-YellowPages Directory Assistance Service has dipped into the benefits of speech technology by integrating solutions from Nuance Communications into their service. MORE >>
22/12/2006 - 118trades to Open New Call Center in Asia January 2007
Daniel Corby, CEO 118 Group Holdings plc has signed an agreement with bnke Asia to operate call centre for Group from Jan 2007.
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21/12/2006 - Belgium: 12-12 and 13-13 text your result per SMS… even if you are calling from a fixed line
European Directory Assistance (EDA), the operator of Belgium’s first alternative directory assistance service through the shortcodes 12-12 (Flemish) and 13-13 (French), adds a new and unique feature: from 15th December callers using their fixed line will also be able to receive the found result per SMS on their mobile phone.
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21/12/2006 - UK Competition Commision publishes final report on classified directories
The Competition Commission (CC) has today published its final report into the printed classified directories market. Yell, the publisher of Yellow Pages, will be required to comply with a number of restrictions, including a price control of RPI-6 per cent until March 2008 and RPI from that date onwards.
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20/12/2006 - Emergence of New Mediums and Business Models Threatens the Market for Conventional Phone-Based Directory Assistance Services in North America
The North American directory assistance (DA) and operator services (OS) market, which has traditionally been a cash cow for carriers, is undergoing changes with the growing popularity of alternative mediums such as online/Internet DA, SMS-based DA and toll-free DA. MORE >>
20/12/2006 - Verizon LiveSource Awarded by Frost & Sullivan for Innovation and Commitment to Fulfilling the Needs of its Directory Assistance Customers
Frost & Sullivan selected Verizon LiveSource as the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership in the North American directory assistance (DA) market. MORE >>
20/12/2006 - Telekomunikacja Polska now offering information on telephone numbers in German and Russian
Telekomunikacja Polska has introduced new information services for foreigners. MORE >>
20/12/2006 - Yellow Book Acquires Three Directories in Central California
Yellow Book USA, the USA’s #1 independent publisher of yellow pages, announced today the acquisition of three directories serving central California from Star S Publishing. MORE >>
19/12/2006 - Caroloke launched by 118118
Christmas carol competition - raising money for the NSPCC and daily prizes. MORE >>
19/12/2006 - 192.com helps missing people at Christmas
Online business, people and location finder 192.com is donating money from its paid listing searches to support the National Missing Persons Helpline this Christmas.
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19/12/2006 - Local Search Comes of Age
ShopLocal, a multi-channel shopping resource, recently reported an 84-percent increase over the previous year in consumer use of the Internet for local shopping for the three-day period ending the day after Thanksgiving. MORE >>
19/12/2006 - 118trades Signs Print Agreement with Chinese for UK Directories
Daniel Corby, CEO 118 Group Holdings plc has signed a print and production contract with leading Chinese printers to fulfil directory requirements for 2007 and beyond.
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17/12/2006 - Windstream plans $525 mln directories split-off
Windstream Corporation said on Wednesday it would split off its telephone number directory publishing business to affiliates of private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in a $525 million transaction. MORE >>
15/12/2006 - USA - Settlement Reached In Online Ad Scheme
Small businesses in Connecticut who were allegedly deceived into buying advertising in an online yellow page directory will share in a $2 million, 34-state settlement announced Thursday by Connecticut's attorney general and the state's Department Of Consumer Protection.
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14/12/2006 - VoltDelta Supplies Integrated Advertising Platform for AT&T 1-800-YellowPages Service
Volt Delta Resources announced today that AT&T has selected VoltDelta to supply the integrated platform for a new advertiser supported US nationwide Directory Assistance (DA) offering. AT&T began a controlled trial of this new DA service yesterday. MORE >>
13/12/2006 - EU takes France, Poland to court over telecoms; begins 2 new cases vs Poland
The European Commission said it has referred France and Poland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over their failure to comply with the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications, and is opening two new, additional infringement cases against Poland.
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13/12/2006 - AT&T Begins Controlled Trial of Free Directory Assistance Service
1-800-YellowPages Service Gives Consumers Free Access to Local Business Contact Information, Provides Advertisers Opportunities. MORE >>
13/12/2006 - Do 118 numbers add up?
The Number 118 118's decision to launch a free directory enquiries (DQ) service last week has been interpreted by many as an admission that consumers are no longer willing to pay for phone numbers. At the very least, it seems, DQ operators must change their business models to survive in the long term. MORE >>
12/12/2006 - Thomson gets DMA benchmark accreditation
Thomson Directories Database has been awarded the Direct Marketing Association's Business List Audit accreditation. MORE >>
12/12/2006 - Ingenio Grows Mobile Pay-per-Call Network
Ingenio has added to its pay-per-call distribution network through a deal with mobile search provider JumpTap, the white-label solution for 88 million subscribers on Alltel and other carriers.
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12/12/2006 - Schober Information Group Forum 118AB
On Thursday 14th December, and for the fourth consecutive year, Schober Information Group will be holding the Forum 118AB in Madrid. MORE >>
12/12/2006 - LiveDeal.com Adds Yellow Pages to its Online Local Marketplace
Integrates Classifieds and Yellow Pages Into a Single Solution; Becomes One-Stop Resource for Finding and Advertising Goods and Services Locally. MORE >>
11/12/2006 - Yell Receives Top Accolade For Customer Services
Yell, the international directories business, has been awarded accreditation to the Customer Contact Association (CCA) Global Standard. MORE >>
08/12/2006 - 192.com unveils first online/offline business directory
The company has launched a new service that delivers fast, relevant results and signals the beginning of an age of convergence between traditional directories and search engines.
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07/12/2006 - Nuance To Buy Provider Of Speech-Enabled Mobile Services
Nuance Communications plans to buy MobileVoiceControl, a provider of speech-enabled mobile search and messaging services, for an undisclosed sum.
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06/12/2006 - Royal British Legion DQ service goes live.
The Royal British Legion has launched a DQ service – 118 PDQ (737) as part of a new fundraising strategy using smart telephony. MORE >>
05/12/2006 - On-line business directory in provisional liquidation
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up Internet Business Pages Limited in the public interest.
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04/12/2006 - Fonecta enables free phone services
Fonecta has added a new function to its web services enabling users to call businesses free of charge. The Click-to-Call function has already been launched in Fonecta Finder and Inoa.fi services.
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02/12/2006 - Yootsa.com, The Meta Search Engine, Launches its UK Edition Yootsa.co.uk
The UK search engine will provide local UK results in both search and from selected partners providing offers specific to United Kingdom visitors. MORE >>
01/12/2006 - Management Shuffle At Scientigo: New CEO Takes Over; Two Other Execs Leave
Scientigo, a company focused on local and mobile search technology as well as enhanced directory assistance services, has a new chief executive officer. MORE >>
30/11/2006 - Survey Finds Internet Yellow Pages Users Opt for Click to Call Enabled Businesses
80 Percent of Click to Call Users Say Click to Call Enhanced Yellow Pages Website Experience. MORE >>
30/11/2006 - Yell.com revamps its website
Yell.com has relaunched with new features including an online shopping channel. MORE >>
30/11/2006 - Hispanic Yellow Pages of America, Inc. Launches Tus Amarillas Spanish-language Directory in Chicago
Hispanic Yellow Pages of America, a portfolio company of Hispania Capital Partners, is unveiling its Tus Amarillas Spanish-Language directory December 2006. MORE >>
30/11/2006 - Free 411 passes 100m uses
30/11/2006 - Free Directory Enquiries in the UK
118 118 operator, ‘The Number’ is set to announce next week that it will launch the UK’s first free directory enquiries service. MORE >>
29/11/2006 - Qwest Wireless Offers More of the 411
Qwest Wireless is hoping its customers will use its directory assistance service for more than just phone number lookups. The communications service provider is adding several new services to the offering, including driving directions and movie listings. MORE >>
29/11/2006 - Yellow Book USA Acquires Coastal Telephone Directory
Yellow Book, the USA’s oldest and largest independent yellow pages directory, announced today that it has acquired the Coastal Telephone Directory, which serves communities along the Washington and Oregon coast, from Impact Directories.
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29/11/2006 - InfoSpace Announces Free Trial of InfoSpace Find It!
Enhanced GPS-Enabled Local Search Service Now in 60-Day Free Trial for Select Mobile Consumers. MORE >>
28/11/2006 - Australia - Privacy concerns over phones
PROPOSED federal legislation to protect information stored in a massive public phone number database is fundamentally flawed, according to the Australian Privacy Foundation. MORE >>
28/11/2006 - 118 918 - the directory enquiries service that supports Oxfam
Spiritel plc (AIM: STP), the telecommunications company, is pleased to announce that in partnership with the charity Oxfam it has today launched a unique directory enquiries service from which 9p from every call will be given to Oxfam. The enquiries service is priced at the same level as the UK's major directory services and uses the number 118 918, with the 9 signifying the 9p per call charitable contribution to Oxfam. MORE >>
28/11/2006 - Next Gen Publishing releases 'Forbes Yellow Pages' in Mumbai
Next Gen Publishing, a leading content generating company formed by Forbes Group and HDFC has released Forbes Yellow Pages, Mumbai. MORE >>
28/11/2006 - USA - Reverse Phone Number Look Up Just Got Easier for Unlisted Numbers and Cell Phones
A1peoplesearch.com offers businesses and verified individual users access to name and address information on approximately 80% of all unlisted phone numbers as well as access to names from 35% of all cell phone numbers.
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23/11/2006 - Profits at 118 118 plummet
The directory services business 118 118, which recently scrapped plans for a $1.1 billion (£580 million) flotation, has suffered a near 100 per cent fall in profits. MORE >>
22/11/2006 - DA Insider: launch eagerly anticipated by Directory Assistance sector
Publication aims to provide the voice of the Directory Assistance and Information Services sector.
DA Insider, a global B2B publication addressing the needs of the Directory Assistance and Information Services sector, has launched, with the first issue due out in late November.
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22/11/2006 - Telstra eyes NZ yellow pages
Australian rival Telstra is understood to be bidding for Telecom's Yellow Pages unit through US investment bank Bear Stearns, according to a report in today's Australian newspaper.
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21/11/2006 - Dogpile® Outperforms Other Search Engines in Customer Satisfaction
Dogpile.com, the search engine that combines the top results from all the leading search engines, ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction among Internet users, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Residential Online Service Customer Satisfaction Study. The study was based on responses from 10,787 residential customers of Internet service providers nationwide. MORE >>
20/11/2006 - Redstone constructs a future-focused network for RIBA networks
Date - 20 November 2006 - Redstone Plc, a leading provider of IT and communications solutions, has successfully delivered a substantial contract to provide RIBA Enterprises, suppliers of services and solutions to construction industry professionals, with a new data and telephony infrastructure across seven of its UK sites. MORE >>
17/11/2006 - Innovative, convenient wireless service now available in Atlantic Canada.......
Aliant launches TAXI MORE >>
17/11/2006 - Verizon's Wholesale 411 Service Get New Tools
Wireless Customers Served by Verizon's Wholesale 411 Service Get New Tools for Language. MORE >>
16/11/2006 - LogicTree’s Masoud Loghmani Named Finalist
LogicTree’s Masoud Loghmani Named Finalist for the Tech Council of Maryland’s CIO & CTO Live ! Awards MORE >>
16/11/2006 - FAST Search Powers Local Search Engine....
Fast Search and Transfer, developer of search technologies, has entered into an agreement with directory services provider, Fonecta. Fonecta's search engine, www.fi, is powered by the FAST Enterprise Search Platform. MORE >>
16/11/2006 - Mobile Search Market Shows Growth
Digital Mobile: Search still on hold MORE >>
14/11/2006 - 118 118 moves to Sky
118 118 moves...... MORE >>
14/11/2006 - Verizon spins off directory business...
Verizon
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10/11/2006 - Ode To The Days Of Ma Bell
1800FREE411....... MORE >>
10/11/2006 - Wrong information ?
Woman gets bill.... MORE >>
09/11/2006 - Ask.com, Human Powered Search Engines,
Human Powered Search Engines, Show Key Trends....... MORE >>
09/11/2006 - World Directories Group Partners with FAST
FAST Enterprise Search Platform Increases Relevancy and Speed of
Online Search
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09/11/2006 - Sprint VOIP deal
Suddenlink Reaches Sprint VoIP Deal.... MORE >>
07/11/2006 - New Directory Assistance Services Have Users Calling The Telemarketers
Here's A Switch: New Directory Assistance Services 411FREE.... MORE >>
06/11/2006 - Children hook up to recycle plans
PUPILS across Flintshire are about to join in the race to recycle old Yellow Pages and help increase woodlands in Wales - one of the least wooded countries in Europe.
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06/11/2006 - Need The 411? Then Say Hello To Advertising
Verizon, the dominant local phone company in the Tampa Bay area, launched a pilot project Wednesday that inserts recorded commercials into the 411 calls made by its traditional land-line phone customers. MORE >>
06/11/2006 - Yellow Pages New Zealand sure to lure big players
Investment bankers, eyeing millions of dollars in fees, will be queuing up to advise Telecom on the sale of its Yellow Pages business. MORE >>
03/11/2006 - Telecom to sell Yellow pages directory
Telecom Corp today reported when delivering its first quarter result that would sell its Yellow pages directory group.
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02/11/2006 - Yell hands £20m ad business to Mother after long pitch
Mother has scooped directories business Yell's £20m advertising account, following a final two-way shoot out against Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest.
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02/11/2006 - Singapore - Yellow Pages acquires search engine to boost online business
Yellow Pages is investing more than S$1 million to enhance the technology and capability of its Internet Yellow Pages. MORE >>
02/11/2006 - Scientigo Announces Leadership Change
Scientigo, a technological innovator in local/mobile search, enhanced directory assistance solutions and a wide array of location based services, today announced that Cynthia White, President and Chief Operating Officer, has assumed leadership responsibilities. MORE >>
01/11/2006 - Jem Telecom and AskMeNow Align to Provide Intelligent Mobile Answers for BlackBerry Customers in the United Kingdom
AskMeNow and Jem Telecom sign an agreement to distribute, support and bill for the AskMeNow service on BlackBerrys sold through Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone in the United Kingdom. MORE >>
01/11/2006 - JumpTap Partners with Autodesk, SuperPages.com, and WhitePages.com to Offer Location-Based Mobile Search
Through these partnerships, JumpTap is expanding its current mobile search and advertising offerings by providing mobile operators with enhanced, local search capabilities for their subscribers. MORE >>
31/10/2006 - France - Free 118 Service closed down
Since Friday 27th October, the Free 118.818 service has been out of operation. MORE >>
30/10/2006 - Yellow Pages New Zealand looks up Yahoo
Telecom is leaning towards Yahoo as its online partner in a deal that would pave the way for the sale of its Yellow Pages directories business, after attempts to establish a far- reaching partnership with Google stalled, sources say.
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30/10/2006 - Seat Pagine Gialle launches PagineGialle NAV
Seat Pagine Gialle has launched PagineGialle NAV, a state-of-the-art satellite navigation system for the Italian market, which includes the databases of the PagineBianche and PagineGialle directories with 20 million people and over 3 million businesses. MORE >>
27/10/2006 - 118 Group plc prepares to launch 118NOW
CEO 118 Group Holdings plc announces the successful Ofcom application for 118NOW directory service. MORE >>
26/10/2006 - Yell.com and Thomasglobal.com Collaborate to Offer Global Business-To-Business Search Results in the UK
For the first time, Yell.com can now offer business-to-business search results from outside the UK. The agreement with New York-based Thomasglobal.com significantly expands Yell.com's business-to-business search facility and reach, particularly for industrial classifications. It now extends to Europe, North and South America and Asia.
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25/10/2006 - Directory Assistance Executives from Around the Globe to Convene in Oakland County, Michigan to Get the 411 on 411
The Pierz Group's 2006 DA/DQ event will focus on new technologies and consumer privacy for directory assistance services. MORE >>
25/10/2006 - Mexico's Telmex to buy U.S. phone directories firm
Giant Mexican telecommunications company Telmex said on Tuesday it bought an 80 percent stake in a company that publishes Spanish-language phone directories in the United States for an undisclosed amount.
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24/10/2006 - PagesJaunes Groupe
Revenue growth of 6.1% in the first nine months and forecast of revenue growth in excess of 6% in full-year 2006.
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22/10/2006 - Goldman, Hearst Lead Jingle Investors
Jingle Networks, a provider of free directory assistance supported by ads, has raised $30 million in new funding from a group of investors led by Goldman Sachs & Co. and Hearst Corp., the company planned to announced Monday.
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20/10/2006 - Canada - Quebecor World, Yellow Pages in C$1 bln deal
Quebecor World said on Thursday it had signed a C$1 billion (US$885 million) deal with Yellow Pages Group to extend printing contracts for Yellow Pages directories. MORE >>
20/10/2006 - Largest Canadian independent telephone directory firm launches into Toronto market
Canadian Phone Directories Inc. (Canpages), a British Columbia-based company with more than 70 independent telephone books
across Canada, is launching into the Toronto marketplace this month.
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19/10/2006 - Metro One Renews Multi-year Contract With Integra Telecom To Provide EDA, Other Services
Metro One Telecommunications on Wednesday announced that it has renewed a multi-year contract to provide Enhanced Directory Assistance MORE >>
19/10/2006 - Verizon Spins Off Directory Services Business
Verizon Communications Inc. is spinning off its directories company in a deal that promises to help it get rid of approximately $7 billion in debt. MORE >>
17/10/2006 - Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications is close to deciding to spin off....... MORE >>
17/10/2006 - Nokia
Nokia Mobile search....... MORE >>
17/10/2006 - Yellow Pages New Zealand launches 018 TXT
Yellow Pages Group, operator of the national 018 directory assistance service, today officially launched its new ‘018 TXT’ service for Telecom mobile phone customers. MORE >>
13/10/2006 - Independent Yellow Pages Publishers
Publishers Move Closer to Customers with Innovectra’s Complete Online Media Integration Services........ MORE >>
12/10/2006 - Portals Encroach On 411
Google, Yahoo & MSN........ MORE >>
12/10/2006 - Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages Group Ranks Among Canada's Top 100 Employers....... MORE >>
11/10/2006 - Tellme Networks and Cingular Wireless
Tellme and Cingular plan broader service....... MORE >>
11/10/2006 - LSSI
LSSi’s Database Inquiry Demand To Exceed 3 Billion Transactions In 2006... MORE >>
11/10/2006 - Voice-Enabled mobile
Will Voice-Enabled Mobile Search Kill Directory Assistance ?
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11/10/2006 - Eniro & BTSLogic
Eniro Named “Best Mobile” and “Best European” Directory Assistance Service.. MORE >>
11/10/2006 - KKR Buys France Telecom PagesJaunes Stake For EUR3.31 Billion
France Telecom's shareholding was taken over by Mediannuaire, a KKR affiliate. MORE >>
10/10/2006 - Jobs: School at work
Infonxx Inc. MORE >>
10/10/2006 - 118 Group
118 Group Holdings Appoints Space and Time Design to Manage Brands
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09/10/2006 - National Directory Service New Zealand - 018
Helping to find the number you need MORE >>
06/10/2006 - 1-800-FREE411 Hits Chord
Consumers Nationwide Save Over $120 Million Using New Free Directory Assistance Service...... MORE >>
05/10/2006 - 11890
Irish directory enquiries firm 11890... MORE >>
04/10/2006 - Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages to step up online presence MORE >>
04/10/2006 - Hawaiian Telcom offers new package deal
The myChoice bundle includes unlimited Directory Assistance..... MORE >>
03/10/2006 - AT&T Operator Services Introduces New Directory Assistance Service
Business Category Search Functionality Helps Callers Find Listings Without Providing Specific Names of Businesses.... MORE >>
03/10/2006 - LSSi Europe
LSSi Europe and Novasys in Pan-European Deal to Launch Enhanced Directory Assistance Services.... MORE >>
03/10/2006 - Orange Navigation 7, Orange France’s new satellite navigation
New interface, 3D view, call centre interface with 118 712 directory assistance service MORE >>
03/10/2006 - Vads Contact Centre Services Malaysia
VADS to run TM Retail Contact Centre.... MORE >>
03/10/2006 - Yellow Pages Group
Yellow Pages Group and MTS Allstream Complete Directory Business Transaction... MORE >>
02/10/2006 - Going Mobile
A browser-equipped cell phone...... MORE >>
02/10/2006 - 800-411-SAVE or 800-FREE-411
Tired of racking up big bills...... MORE >>
28/09/2006 - Call Genie
Wins Major International Award for Technology Advancement.....
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28/09/2006 - 118 Group - 350 New Jobs
It opens 8,000 Square Foot Office Building..... MORE >>
27/09/2006 - Online Yellow Pages
Consumers in Sweden and the Netherlands Lead Other Countries in the Adoption of Online Yellow Pages and Local Search MORE >>
27/09/2006 - Business Category Searches with Qwest
Directory Assistance Callers Can Now Directory Assistance Callers Can Now Access Nationwide Business Category Searches with Qwest 4-1-1Access Nationwide Business Category Searches with Qwest 4-1-1 MORE >>
26/09/2006 - BT In Book Blunder
Phone books get delivered to addresses 160 miles from where they were supposed to end up............ MORE >>
25/09/2006 - British phone books
British phone books dating back to 1880 to go online...... MORE >>
25/09/2006 - Declaring war on directories !
Phone books are taking over your street, one by one.... MORE >>
25/09/2006 - How to play the (118) numbers game
You don't always get what you pay for from the new services..... MORE >>
22/09/2006 - Sensis drops the pages
Sensis drops the pages, lays claims to 'Yellow'....... MORE >>
22/09/2006 - Web directories
Web directories :Five simple steps to ROI..... MORE >>
22/09/2006 - Voice-Enabled Directory Services
Voice-Enabled Directory Services Give Consumers Instant Access To Local Information.... MORE >>
22/09/2006 - TheStreet.com, Inc. and DirectoryM
TheStreet.com, Inc. and DirectoryM Launch TheStreet.com Business Directory...
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22/09/2006 - KPN
KPN Gets More Wiggle Room After Dutch Govt Sells Stake...... MORE >>
21/09/2006 - R.H. Donnelley Hires Cramer-Krasselt
R.H. Donnelley, one of the largest publishers of Yellow Pages...... MORE >>
21/09/2006 - Thomson Directories targets businesses
Thomson Directories targets businesses with new website... MORE >>
21/09/2006 - Qwest apologizes
Qwest apologizes for mistakes in phone books...
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21/09/2006 - INFONXX Grows
INFONXX Grows its Footprint in the Fingertip Information Space.. MORE >>
13/09/2006 - DA Insider - Directory Assistance Trade Magazine
Directory Assistance Trade Magazine Launched at International DA Conference and Awards..........
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08/09/2006 - 2006 International Directory Assistance Award Winners
The 2006 Directory Assistance Winners are Announced...... MORE >>
04/09/2006 - International Directory Assistance Awards 2006
The build up has started for the 2006 International Directory Assistance Awards to be held this week......... MORE >>
01/09/2006 - Corunna call centre's closing to cost 124 jobs
About 124 unionized workers will lose their jobs with the closure of a call centre in Canada.......... MORE >>
31/08/2006 - Telstra readies Telecom NZ directories bid-paper
Australian phone company Telstra Corp. Ltd. was preparing a bid for Telecom Corp.Ltd........ MORE >>
30/08/2006 - Yellow Book adds Clarke
A popular local phone directory is now part of Yellow Book USA..... MORE >>