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Tellme, a Microsoft® subsidiary wins a CNET "Webware 100" Award for Mobile Application

Readers and users voted for Tellme by Mobile in online polls

Mountain View, June 19, 2007-Tellme Networks, Inc., a Microsoft® subsidiary, today announced that its Tellme by Mobile application has received one of the "Webware 100" awards for Mobile by CNET Webware. The finalists for the "Webware 100" awards were selected by the editors of Webware.com, a CNET site, but winners were ultimately selected by Webware's readers.

The "Webware 100" Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Webware.com editors received and reviewed thousands of entries. Finalists were selected and featured in an online voting poll, where users voted and ultimately selected 100 winners in 10 categories. A list of the winners can be found at www.webware.com/100.

The ten categories are Browsing (Web browsers, extensions, widgets, and security); Communications (e-mail, chat, VOIP); Community (social networks and groups); Data (search, storage, backup, sharing, and sync); Entertainment (games and contests); Media (audio, video, and photo); Mobile (portable utilities and apps); Productivity (apps, business tools, and commerce); Publishing (blogging, Web content and design tools); and Reference (mapping, reference works, and education).

Recognizing the need for a fast and easy to use mobile search application, Tellme Networks developed the world's first voice-enabled local business search application for mobile phones, Tellme by Mobile. From their experience answering nearly 80 percent of the automated 411 calls in the United States and handling two billion calls a year for 40 million Americans every month, Tellme has a unique understanding of what people search for on the phone and how they want to receive information. Tellme has also developed a rich data capability to find the most relevant business a person is searching for, allowing them to provide users with the most accurate information over the phone. Tellme by Mobile allows users to speak or type their request, and then get results in one of three ways: by voice, text or visual interface on their mobile phone. By simply calling 1-800-555-TELL from any phone, users can search for business listings, movie times, ring tones, sports scores, news and more.

"We're honored to be selected as a winner of the Webware 100 award for mobile applications," said Mike McCue, Tellme's General Manager. "We designed Tellme by Mobile to provide mobile search users with more accessible, accurate and actionable results. People should be able to say what they want and get fast and easy to use results."

"We were so impressed by the amount of participation of the Web 2.0 community, which was clearly demonstrated through our online voting polls - more than 450,000 votes were cast," said CNET Editor at Large, Rafe Needleman. "Webware.com created the Webware 100 awards to help consumers weed through the vast amount of Web 2.0 websites available and find the best ones they trust to meet their needs."

About Tellme

Through innovation and design, Tellme improves how people and businesses use the phone. By combining Internet data and a voice interface, Tellme radically simplifies how people use the phone to get the information they need everyday. Today, the company powers billions of calls to hundreds of phone services used by more than 40 million people every month. Some of the applications running on Tellme's platform include business search on 411, information search on 1-800-555-TELL as well as customer service and ordering for companies like Merrill Lynch, E*TRADE and American Airlines. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Tellme's goal is to let anyone say what they want and get it, from any phone. Tellme Networks is a Microsoft® subsidiary.

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