Tellme Networks is revolutionising how people and businesses use the telephone by fundamentally improving the caller experience with Internet and voice technologies. Tellme enables businesses to delight and empower their callers while slashing costs and complexity.

Tellme’s pioneering Voice Application Network powers 800-555-TELL, the leading consumer voice portal. 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 launches mobile search for everyone, new ways for anyone to search for information they need from any phone. Tellme gives people the easiest ways to get things done when they’re on the go, by speaking or typing their query and then hearing or seeing the answer. The free service launches today with local business search by business name or category.

Designed to provide fast, accurate results, Tellme users now have three ways to access the service:

• Tellme by Voice: Call 1-800-555-TELL and just say “business search” to find a business listing or search for a particular category, such as “flower shops,” from any phone, including a map for the selected listing. Callers can also choose from many other great services like movie tickets, ring tones, sports, news and more.
• Tellme by Text: Send a text message to TELLM (83556) with a business request such as “starbucks san francisco ca” or “pizza boston ma” and get a text message back with the listing and a link to a map.
• Tellme by Mobile: Speak your request and then see the results displayed on your phone screen for a voice + visual search, including maps and driving directions. Download the Tellme by Mobile beta by visiting http://www.tellme.com (or http://m.tellme.com from your mobile phone).

“Tellme’s vision for mobile search is simple – you should be able to just say what you want and get it,” said Mike McCue, Tellme’s CEO. “We want people to be able to search from any phone the way that works best for them. The phone was designed for speaking rather than typing, so we focus on the natural phone interface – your voice.”