12th September 2000
The Thomson Directories database of 2.3 million businesses listings is to become available via mobile phones & WAP through a deal agreed with Mobile Commerce Ltd – who are launching a location based service for mobile users this month.  Mobile Commerce has licensed the database in return for which TDL Infomedia Ltd, the parent company of Thomson Directories, will take an equity stake.  The national launch of the product follows a successful trial period.

Gary List CEO of Thomson Directories, comments:  “Location based content is a growth area and one in which we are keen to participate. Mobile Commerce shares our customer focused approach and we are looking forward to working together.”

Steve Page, CEO of Mobile Commerce, adds: “The Thomson Directories data is ideal for us because we can complement it with data from other sources to build a very comprehensive information resource for our users.  Data integrity is really important in this arena – so we are particularly enthusiastic about Thomson Directories’ outbound call programme which updates information on the database.”

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