infoUSA.com to Supply Directory Content to Telespatial for Wireless Location-Based Service.Business/High-Tech Editors FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000 infoUSA.com (majority shareholder, infoUSA, Inc., Nasdaq:IUSA IUSA Indiana University Student Association ), a leading online provider of white- and yellow-pages directory content, and wireless application service provider Telespatial Inc. today announced a licensing agreement under which infoUSA.com will provide Telespatial with white- and yellow-pages directory content for its wireless real-time location-based services See mobile positioning. (LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning. ). "Telespatial's LBS, supported by infoUSA.com's directory content, will provide mobile consumers with access to the most extensive, specific, and timely directory information relevant to their respective locations," said Telespatial President Scott Sobel. "infoUSA.com is a logical partner for us because of the accuracy and precise nature of its data, which is geo-coded down to a location's door-step." "The quality of our database continues to attract companies that are focused on creating and delivering the best possible products to their customers," said infoUSA.com 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. Bill Chasse chas·sé n. A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading. intr.v. chas·séd, chas·sé·ing, chas·sés To perform this movement. . "We are pleased to partner with Telespatial in their ongoing efforts to deliver a truly superior wireless experience to their customers." Rather than simply porting the Internet to wireless devices, Telespatial's LBS and global retailer alliances, in conjunction with infoUSA.com's extensive content base of nearly 11 million U.S. businesses, make wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. truly useful to mobile consumers. Wireless device users accessing Telespatial's LBS will be able to quickly find the nearest retailer offering the product or service they seek, such as a restaurant, ATM, or gas station. It will also provide travelers with directions to their hotel, business meeting location or recreational facility Noun 1. recreational facility - a public facility for recreation recreation facility facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" . Additionally, it enables brick-and-mortar retailers to focus on their storefront operations -- their primary investment -- without losing market share to online competitors. With its user-friendly technology, Telespatial can channel a piece of this year's expected $33 billion in business-to-consumer Internet sales to brick-and-mortar businesses by directing mobile consumers to the nearest provider of the goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. they are ready to purchase. About infoUSA.com infoUSA.com (www.infousa.com), an online destination for sales and marketing solutions, provides customizable sales leads, business and consumer information, database marketing services and Internet marketing See Internet advertising. solutions for small businesses. The company maintains exclusive Internet distribution rights to the yellow- and white-pages directory databases of its majority shareholder, infoUSA, Inc. (Nasdaq:IUSA). Compiled by infoUSA, Inc. using multiple sources to ensure comprehensive and accurate coverage, this proprietary data includes 10.8 million businesses and 96 million individuals 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. . The infoUSA.com data also powers the directory services of more than 1,200 Internet destinations, as well as wireless carriers, device manufacturers and content aggregators. About Telespatial Telespatial, based in McLean, Va., is a leading edge Internet technology company developing the next generation of mobile information products and services. The company provides a new location-based service that enables the mobile consumer to find brick-and-mortar retailers relative to his or her current location. The system essentially acts as a bridge between brick-and-mortar retailers' Internet presence and the mobile consumer base equipped with wireless devices. The company is also developing and integrating its own profile tracking, geospatial search, human-computer interface and demographics technologies. More information about Telespatial is available on the Internet at www.telespatial.com. |
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