Sprint features YellowPages.com directory for Sprint PCS Vision customers.HENDERSON Henderson. 1 City (1990 pop. 25,945), seat of Henderson co., NW Ky., on the Ohio River, in an oil, coal, tobacco, corn, and livestock area; founded 1797, inc. as a city 1867. , Nev. -- YellowPages.com(SM), a premier online resource for local search and commerce, today announced that it is now available on select 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. Vision phones. Sprint (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FON Fon People of southern Benin and adjacent parts of Togo. They speak a dialect of Gbe, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. Numbering about 3 million, the Fon are mainly farmers. ), an industry leader in the adoption of advanced wireless data services, now provides its Sprint PCS Vision customers with one of the most comprehensive local search tools available. Today's announcement broadens customer access to YellowPages.com's services through RACO RACO Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists RACO Rear Area Combat Operations RACO Rand Athletic Club Orienteers (South Africa) RACO Remote Alarms and Controls Wireless' OpenMotion platform. Users now have easy mobile access to the same, reliable YellowPages.com information while using their Sprint PCS Vision Phone. YellowPages.com has over 7 million visitors a month who conduct over 14 million searches for products, services or specific businesses. "Customers now have an even more powerful tool when searching for products and services while on the go," said Dane Madsen, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of YellowPages.com. "By combining YellowPages.com's online search tools with RACO Wireless' OpenMotion platform, we are connecting people with the information they need anytime, anyplace an·y·place adv. To, in, or at any place; anywhere. See Usage Note at everyplace. Adv. 1. anyplace - at or in or to any place; "you can find this food anywhere"; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere') anywhere , when using their Sprint PCS Vision Phones on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network." This gives Sprint PCS Vision customers the most recognizable online directory brand when and where they need the information on their phones, quickly and efficiently. "Now Sprint PCS Vision customers can find businesses, get driving directions, and connect with businesses anywhere while on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network using the directory they trust," said Rob Deubell, President of RACO Wireless. "Customers have come to rely on their Sprint PCS Vision Phones to keep them in contact with the information they need while on the go," said Jeff Hallock, Vice President of consumer marketing for Sprint. "YellowPages.com is a natural fit and an extremely useful information tool for our customers." About YellowPages.com YellowPages.com is a leading and readily recognizable online search tool for customers seeking quick and easy access to commercial and residential information and contacts. A time-tested and effective business tool, the company provides local visibility to advertisers looking to attract local buyers as its core product of advertising and directory services. With 160 current employees worldwide, the company operates in two countries, and recently entered into a joint development agreement with China Telephone Directory Company. YellowPages.com also operates a Travel directory, an Industrial/B2B directory, and will launch both Home Improvement and Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract directories later this year. The company is based in Henderson, NV, and can be found online at www.YellowPages.com. About Sprint Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 65,000 employees worldwide and over $26 billion in annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. . Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, visit www.sprint.com. About RACO Wireless RACO Wireless provides location-enabled wireless solutions to Carriers and Enterprises. OpenMotion LS(TM), www.OpenMotion.com, the leading location-based wireless content delivery platform from RACO Wireless, location-enables, delivers and distributes premier content brands to wireless users anywhere in the U.S. through the company's partnerships with carriers, developers, and enterprises. OpenMotion LS(TM) is a trademark of RACO Wireless (www.openmotion.com). YellowPages.com(SM) is a service mark of YellowPages.com. 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