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4INFO Brings Every Goal of the World Cup to Your Mobile Phone

Mobile Search Company Adds the World Cup Tournament Pass as its First Premium Alert Product

PALO ALTO, Calif. - June 8, 2006 - 4INFO, Inc., the leading mobile search company, announced today the addition of a new text alert service for the World Cup Soccer Tournament. The service allows a user to query for information- from game scores to player performance- and receive an instant answer, instead of a list of links, sent to their mobile phone. Users may also elect to set automatic or event-triggered updates delivered via text messaging. Now, sports fans can be untethered from their TV's, radios and computers and never miss a single goal scored.

The World Cup Soccer Tournament Pass is the perfect solution for dedicated fans who find themselves in the middle of a work day while the games in Germany are in action. With 4INFO's free World Cup Soccer Tournament Pass, fans can query for scores, schedules, and standings or, for $2.99, set up automated text alerts for every goal scored by one team or by all teams in the tournament.

"For much of the U.S., it will be difficult to watch the tournament live given the start times of the games," said Bob Roth, Director of Marketing at 4INFO. "4INFO's simple mobile search service can bring the drama of each match right to a person's cell phone – so people can go on with their work and obligations without missing a single goal."

4INFO's free search functions include:

• For team scores, text TEAM NAME (ex: brazil) to 4INFO (44636)
• For all daily scores, text WORLD CUP to 4INFO (44636)
• For group scores, text GROUP NAME (ex: group e) to 4INFO (44636)
• For schedules, text SCHEDULE + TEAM NAME (ex: schedule brazil)
• For group standings, text STANDING + TEAM NAME (ex: standing brazil)

In addition, 4INFO will also allow users to track the most heralded individual statistic of the tournament, the Golden Boot. Simply text "golden boot" to 4INFO (44636) and find out if the current leading goal scorer is Ronaldo, Crespo, Owens, Henry, Ronaldinho, or any of the other great scorers.

4INFO's premium text alerts, at $2.99 for the entire tournament, include:

• Set text alerts for an unlimited number of teams
• Schedule the text alerts to be sent at the start, half, and/or end of each game
• Also set text alerts to be delivered for every goal that is scored
• Access game previews and recaps

Sign up for the 4INFO World Cup Tournament Pass by texting your favorite team name (ex: "usa") to 4INFO (44636), or visiting http://www.4INFO.net/worldcup to learn more. 4INFO also provides services for the NBA, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Football, NFL, NHL, and the PGA. Learn more at: http://4info.net/howto/sports.jsp.

About 4INFO
4INFO, Inc. (www.4INFO.net) enhances the utility of mobile phones by providing users the means to search, discover and receive relevant information and content. 4INFO's comprehensive suite of mobile services (Text Message Search to 44636, Mobile Web at http://wap.4INFO.net, and Text Alerts) provides access to business listings, sports scores, fantasy sports stats, weather, flight information, movie times, horoscopes, hotspot locations, news, stock quotes, hotel reservations, package tracking, and mobile downloads. The services are available free of charge to users on all major U.S. carriers. 4INFO is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and their primary investors include US Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Gannett Company, Inc.


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