Guinness Telli-Phone Brings Directory to Wireless Web.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILL VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 Consumers Will Now Have Access to All Telli Directory Content Right On Their Web Enabled Cellular Phone or Palm Top Device Lawrence Guinness, president & chief executive officer of Guinness Telli-Phone Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :TELI TELI Technology-Enhanced Learning Investigation TELI Terribilis Est Locus Iste (Latin: This place is terrible) ), a leader in the field of Information Appliance See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. Technology, today announced that the company will make its uniquely indexed directory available on wireless devices. The information rich but graphically simple text of the Telli Marin directory is ideal for use on cell phones and palm-top devices. Using the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. ), Guinness Telli-Phone will be able to port its system to wireless networks with ease. The wireless version of Telli Marin will deliver all of the display features of the dial-up version: arts and entertainment listings, business directories, community updates, and classified advertisements. "We are very excited to bring our service to so many new Telli users. By moving on to palm tops and cell phones Telli becomes a local directory with an international reach. We have extended our service beyond Marin to everyone who has an interest in doing business here," said Lawrence Guinness. The Telli directory is already being tested on cellular phones in Marin County, Calif. Within the week, Telli Marin will be available over the Wireless Web to Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. users anywhere at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. www.tellipages.com (users simply need to type in "tellipages"), and on all other cellular carriers shortly thereafter. The company is also working to port the Telli Marin system onto palm top devices. Using Palm Computing's Web Clipping (1) Extracting a smaller amount of text and graphic elements from a Web page in order to display effectively on a handheld Web appliance. Web clipping often uses a predefined form, or template, into which the extracted data are placed. Application, Guinness is in the process of preparing its data for transfer into the correct formats. By making its proprietary product available to consumers via Web enabled cellular devices, Guinness Telli-Phone is effectively bringing its product to market early and under budget, which means that revenues will also arrive earlier than expected. About Guinness Telli-Phone Guinness Telli-Phone has developed an online information system that is delivered through its proprietary technology, Telli Screens, and now via Web enabled cellular devices including cell phones and palm top devices, and distributed to consumers for free. The company's Telli directory is an online, interactive digital directory with value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. that include community and school news, schedules, updates, agendas, events, and classifieds. The company's launch of its comprehensive, instant, online service in Marin County, is the first step of a national campaign to address an untapped U.S. market of people who want a quick, accurate, functional, and comprehensive alternative to the Internet. The Telli Marin directory provides complete, accurate information on Marin County in an intelligent, interactive, digital format. For more information visit www.telli.com. For more information contact Colby Sambrotto, Vision Consulting, at 212/509-4565 or colby@visioncc.net. 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