IRVINE, CA - (February 13, 2008) - AskMeNow Inc. (OTCBB: AKMN) today announces an agreement with a leading Canadian Wireless Carrier to distribute the new AskMeNow mobile web site to their 5+ million customers across Canada. The advertising revenue sharing agreement will make AskMeNow's leading mobile search and content solution easily accessible to the Carrier's mobile web users as a default link on the Carrier's Mobile Browser.
From the link, users can access AskMeNow's proprietary AskWiki natural language search of Wikipedia.org to get answers to all types of fun and educational queries. Additionally, the AskMeNow solution will offer these customers simple access to a variety of useful and entertaining Canada-relevant content, including sports scores, comparison shopping prices, stock quotes, horoscopes, news, movie times, flight & hotel listings, and directory assistance.
The AskMeNow mobile service will be offered at no premium charge to the Carrier's customers, but standard messaging and data rates do apply. Shared revenues will be generated by the placement of targeted mobile advertisements delivered on content impressions to these users. The service is expected to be launched in the next few weeks.
"We are very enthusiastic about the launch of our new platform for delivering content; having another major Canadian Carrier as our partner will enable AskMeNow to reach a large segment of the Canadian population. As our product grows in popularity, we hope many Canadian content providers will join us to deliver a one stop mobile site for the very best of Canadian information," says Darryl Cohen, AskMeNow's CEO. "Additionally, this strategic partnership demonstrates AskMeNow's continued momentum, building on previous partnerships with mobile operators in North America and reinforces AskMeNow's strong position in mobile audience reach, mobile search services and mobile advertising."
About AskMeNow:
AskMeNow Inc. (OTCBB: AKMN) is an Irvine, CA based public corporation specializing in mobile and desktop search and content delivery. AskMeNow's solutions for publishers, advertisers and individuals providing single relevant answers through the most sophisticated semantic search. AskMeNow is the owner of and creator of AskWiki.com, a natural language search engine created to provide individuals with improved search of the Wikipedia.org knowledgebase. AskMeNow's mobile search solution is available using SMS, client applications or the WAP 2.0 site http://m.askmenow.com For more information on AskMeNow, please visit www.askmenow.com
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
AskMeNow Media Relations
Grant Cohen
(P): 949.861.2590 x203
(E): gcohen@askmenow.com
http://www.askmenow.com/press.aspx
or
AskMeNow Investor Relations
Larry Turel
(P): 561.213.1955
(E): lturel@bellsouth.net
http://www.askmenow.com/investors.aspx
