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• CNN Money
  Hanging up on killer 411 fees
  October 22, 2007
  http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/22/pf/raw_deal_411/index.htm?postversion=2007102211
  
  

• USA Today
  Free 411 service goes after rivals for license fees
  June 18, 2007
  http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2007-06-14-free-411-usat_N.htm?csp=34
  
  

• 911 for 411
  April 11, 2007
  Business Week

• CBS Early Show
  June 14, 2006
  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/
  2005/09/26/search/main886284.shtml
  ?searchString=411&source=cbsvideos&
  sort=1&type=any&num=10&offset=0
• TMC Net
  June 12, 2006
  http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit
  /2006/06/12/1677672.htm
• The Detroit News
  April 24, 2006
  411 connects with a CATCH
  http://www.detnews.com/apps/
  pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060424
  /BIZ04/604240310/1013
• The Wall Street Journal
  April 21, 2006
  Your Listing, and a Word From Our Sponsor
  Read Article
• San Jose Mercury News
  April 17, 2006
  No-fee 411 on your cell if you listen to ads
  http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/
  mercurynews/14360232.htm
• USA Today
  April 4, 2006
  Free 411 info on call if you'll listen to ads
  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/
  wireless/2006-04-03-free-411_
  x.htm?POE=TECISVA
• Telephone Data Marketing News
  Spring 2006
  “Contact Information, Please: Expect New Information Services from the 411 Industry”
  Telephone Data Marketing News.PDF
• The Press Enterprise
  March 16, 2006
  Free directory assistance answers high costs of 411
  http://www.pe.com/business/
  local/stories/PE_Biz_D_
  phone16.17c960c1.html
• Boston Globe
  January 22, 2006
  Is it time to cut the cords on directory assistance?
  http://www.boston.com/business/
  technology/articles/2006/01/22/is_
  it_time_to _cut_the_cords_on_
  directory_assistance/
• New York News Day
  January 20, 2006
  Potential cell-phone directory wouldn't create a free-for-all for telemarketers.
  http://www.newsday.com/business/
  ny-bzcell204593971jan20,0,2523548
  .story?coll=ny-business-headlines
  
• Cinco Dias
  December 16, 2005
  Un Lobby Europeo Presiona Para Incluir los Moviles en las Bases de Datos del 118
  Vea Articulo
• The International Herald Tribune
  September 4, 2005
  Wireless: Directory assistance wants your cell number
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/
  09/04/business/wireless05.php
  
• The Roanoke Times
  August 2, 2005
  No more 'It's for you' as cell use goes up
  http://www.roanoke.com/
  business%5C28661.html
• Portland Press Herald
  August 2, 2005
  'Serial inventor' calls on his creativity again
  http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/
  business/stories/050802cell411.shtml
• Washington Post
  July 28, 2005
  So Many Cell Phones, So Little Web Searching
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/
  wp-dyn/content/article/2005/
  07/27/AR2005072702561.html
• The Sacramento Bee
  May 24, 2005
  Shaping 411 for a cellular world
  http://www.sacbee.com/content/
  business/story/
  12945626p-13793337c.html
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  April 29, 2005
  Cell phone directory won't be on autodial http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/
  apr05/322574.asp
• The Oregonian,
  April 27, 2005
  E-mail on cell phones is persistent but phony http://www.oregonlive.com/
  business/oregonian/index.ssf?/
  base/business/
  1114595829104150.xml&coll=7
• St. Paul Pioneer Press,
  January 22, 2005
  Resistance from cell-phone users blocks national directory
  http://www.twincities.com/mld/
  pioneerpress/news/local/10704824.htm
• Houston Chronicle,
  January 22, 2005
  Biggest wireless carriers can't agree on privacy plan
  http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/
  ssistory.mpl/business/3004125
• Investors Business Daily,
  January 12, 2005
  Firm Lines Up Support For Handset Directory
  http://www.investors.com/editorial/
  tech01.asp?v=1/12
• Newsday,
  December 21, 2004
  Blumenthal says cell phone directory would be bad for consumers
  http://www.newsday.com/news/local/
  state/ny-bc-ct--cellphones1220dec20,
  0,3950716.story?coll=ny-
  region-apconnecticut
• Corvallis Gazette-Times,
  December 20, 2004
  Dialing up a new era of information
  http://www.gazettetimes.com/
  articles/2004/12/20/news/business/
  monbiz06.txt
• eWeek,
  December 20, 2004
  Clearing the Air: Privacy Issues with Wireless 411
  http://www.eweek.com/article2/
  0,1759,1743083,00.asp
• The Middle East North Africa Financial Network,
  December 16, 2004
  Tech Company at Work to Make Cell-Phone Numbers Accessible
  http://www.menafn.com/
  qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=
  CqCewueicv0LsruXfu1nesvjfq1rpuLK
• Kansas City Star,
  December 13, 2004
  E-mail fuels false cell-phone telemarketing rumor
  http://www.kansascity.com/mld/
  kansascity/business/technology/
  10407862.htm
• Business Week,
  December 11, 2004
  Fear Not the Cell-Phone Directory
  http://www.businessweek.com/
  technology/content/dec2004/
  tc20041213_3541_tc119.htm
• TMC Net,
  December 10, 2004
  Sorting Fact from Fiction on the Wireless 411 Service; Qsent debunks urban legend on proposed first of its kind nationwide service
  http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/
  Dec/1100756.htm
• Chicago Herald Tribune,
  November 22, 2004
  Connected but on hold
  http://www.dailyherald.com/
  news_story.asp?intid=3831337
• The Wireless Review,
  November 19, 2004
  Numbers gamed
  http://wirelessreview.com/ar/
  wireless_numbers_gamed/index.htm
• The Seattle Times,
  November 15, 2004
  Remaking 411 to include wireless phone numbers
  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
  html/businesstechnology/
  2002091042_wirelessdirectory15.html
• The Des Moines Register,
  October 26, 2004
  Wireless 411 would help callers find numbers
  http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/
  pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041026/
  BUSINESS04/410260350/1029/
  BUSINESS
• ABC News,
  October 24, 2004
  Wired, But Everyone on Hold
  http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/
  CSM/story?id=183156&page=1
• USA Today
  October 21, 2004
  It's tough to tune out once you're plugged in
  http://www.usatoday.com/
  tech/news/
  2004-10-21-plugged-in-life_x.htm
• New York Newsday,
  October 20, 2004
  Free directory assistance services expanding
  http://www.nynewsday.com/
  technology/ny-
  bzcall204012582oct20,0,2583435.
  story?coll=ny-technology-headlines
• Christian Science Monitor,
  October 21, 2004
  Wired, But Everyone on Hold
  http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/
  1021/p13s01-stct.html
• America�fs Network,
  September 27, 2004
  Call 411 for Cellular Uncertainty
  http://www.csmonitor.com/
  2004/1021/p13s01-stct.html
• Rocky Mountain News,
  September 6, 2004
  Cell-phone carriers to put out directories
  http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
  drmn/technology/article/
  0,1299,DRMN_49_3163128,00.html
• New York Times,
  August 30, 2004
  For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change
  http://www.nytimes.com/
  2004/08/30/technology/
  30cell.html
• International Herald Tribune,
  August 30, 2004
  Cellphone directory to be voluntary
  http://www.iht.com/
  articles/536312.htm
• The Indian Express,
  August 30, 2004
  Even US plans mobile book
  http://www.indianexpress.com/
  full_story.php?content_id=54201
• KCVS Talk Radio 740, San Francisco
• KOMO Talk Radio, Seattle
• CNET News.com,
  August 30, 2004
  For now, unwired means unlisted. That may change
  http://news.com.com/
  For+now,+unwired+
  means+unlisted.+That
  +may+change/
  2100-1039_3-5329609.html
• Arizona Daily Star,
  August 30, 2004
  Unwired and unlisted could change
  http://www.dailystar.com/
  dailystar/news/36547.php
• CTIA Daily News,
  August 30, 2004
  For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change
  http://www.ctia.org/
  news_media/daily/
  pub_view.cfm?pub_id=
  1&issue_id=19
• Fort Worth Star Telegram,
  August 30, 2004
  Companies plan to start compiling directory of cellphone users
  http://www.dfw.com/
  mld/dfw/business/
  9534438.htm
• The Potomac News,
  August 23, 2004
  411 to get the number on mobile users
  http://www.potomacnews.com/
  servlet/Satellite?pagename=
  WPN%2FMGArticle%2
  FWPN_BasicArticle
  &c=MGArticle&
  cid=1031777474196
  &path=&tacodalogin=no
• Wireless Week,
  August 20, 2004
  Congressman Continues To Push 411 Privacy Protection
  http://www.wirelessweek.com/
  index.asp?layout=document&
  doc_id=135271&verticalID=34
  &vertical=Business+and+
  Finance&industry=
• MSNBC,
  August 13, 2004
  Controversial wireless 411 moves ahead
  http://msnbc.msn.com/
  id/5698836/
• IT Buisness Canada,
  August 12, 2004
  Cell phone directories search for early adopters
  http://www.itbusiness.ca/
  index.asp?theaction=
  61&lid=1&sid=56398
• The Detroit News,
  August 12, 2004
  The Wireless industry and the 411
  http://www.detnews.com/
  2004/technology/0408/12/
  technology-239857.htm
• Click Z Stats,
  August 12, 2004
  Wireless Directory Assistance on the Horizon
  http://www.clickz.com/
  stats/markets/wireless/
  article.php/3394041
• The Washington Post,
  August 7, 2004
  The Wireless Industry and the 411
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/
  wp-dyn/articles/
  A46711-2004Aug6.html
• RCR Wireless,
  August 3, 2004
  Study finds positives in wireless directory-assistance database
  http://rcrnews.com/
  cgi-bin/news.pl
  ?newsId=19074
• Dallas Morning News,
  August 1, 2004
  Privacy concerns raised about mobile phone directory
  http://www.dallasnews.com/
  sharedcontent/dws/news/
  nation/stories/
  080204dnnatcellphoneprivacy.
  782a.html
• USA Today,
  July 28, 2004
  Cell phone directory gets hoots, hollers
  http://www.usatoday.com/
  tech/wireless/data/
  2004-07-27-wireless-
  directory_x.htm
  ?POE=click-refer
• Forbes,
  July 17, 2004
  The Wireless Directory Divide
  http://www.forbes.com/
  execpicks/feeds/wireless/
  2004/07/16/wirelesscahners
  _2004_07_16_eng-cahners_
  eng-cahners_093112
  _7166935189789655513.html
• Cellular News,
  July 8, 2004
  Calls for a Wireless Directory Database
  http://www.cellular-
  news.com/coverage
  /belguim.shtml
• Fortune Magazine,
  June 16, 2004 (June 28th print issue)
  Why Is There No Cellphone Directory?
  http://www.fortune.com
  /fortune/thisjustin
  /0,15704,650150,00.html
  

• The Express Times,
  March 7, 2004
  Reaching out and helping someone Hanover Twp. company supplies the digits for wireless callers.
  http://www.nj.com
  /business, /expresstimes
  /index.ssf?/base
  /business-1/
  107865399431280.xml
  

• San Mateo Times,
  February 8, 2004
  Concerns raised over cell phone directory
  http://www.sanmateo
  countytimes.com
  /Stories/0,1413,87~11271
  ~1943540,00.html

• New York Times,
  January 26, 2004
  Plans for Wireless Directory Raise Concerns About Privacy
  http://www.nytimes.com
  /2004/01/26/technology
  /26directory.html

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