V-ENABLE and buzzd Partner to Give the '411' on Location-Based Nightlife
Accessible Via Cellphone to Directory Assistance Consumers
New Partnership Will Bring Content From buzzd Featuring Content from
CitySearch, Flavorpill and User Generated Picks to the FreeMobile411
Service
LAS VEGAS & SAN DIEGO (Business Wire EON) April 2, 2008 --
Today V-ENABLE, a leader in local mobile search and directory assistance
services, announced a strategic partnership with buzzd, an emerging
location-based mobile entertainment service that provides real-time
information for bars, clubs, events and restaurants.
The partnership will combine V-ENABLE's popular mobile local search
services with content from buzzd's unique mix of user generated content
(UGC), and all the best listings from CitySearch, Flavorpill and Time
Out Magazine, to name just a few.
Currently, V-ENABLE's popular Mobile411™
search application is available on carriers such as MetroPCS and Alltel.
The Mobile411™ app gives mobile searchers all
the best in local listings, whether it's residential, category or
location-based directions/map searches.
"What's so natural about this partnership," said V-ENABLE Executive VP
and CMO Craig Hagopian, "is that both V-ENABLE and buzzd serve consumers
on the go who are looking for something local."
Announced earlier this week at the CTIA Wireless conference in Las
Vegas, V-ENABLE's Web Services API is the beginning of an expansion by
the company into new off-deck local search services. buzzd will be using
the Web Services API in addition to specific and strategic content
arrangements with V-ENABLE to allow users to benefit from the best of
both services.
About V-ENABLE
V-ENABLE is the leading service provider of automated directory
assistance solutions powered by our patented voice and text based
technology delivering the fastest and most accurate local search
experience to the mobile environment. V-ENABLE was founded by wireless
experts from Nokia, Motorola, PacketVideo and Cisco. V-ENABLE's patented
multi-modal local search allows mobile users to simply speak or type any
location, business or residential listing and receive contact
information, maps, directions and more in a visual or audio format in
seconds.
About buzzd
buzzd (http://buzzd.com/m) is a
location-sensitive entertainment listings service with premium editorial
and real-time user generated content on the mobile device."Your city, in
real-time," buzzd allows consumers to know what's happening at any venue
right now, rate events, and connect with friends and people in the area.
buzzd is a private company founded by Nihal Mehta and Deepen Shah from
ipsh!, one of the world's first mobile marketing agencies acquired by
Omnicom Group.
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