11880.com delivers local search for Skype toolbar
Munich, March 27, 2006 – telegate is the new exclusive local search partner for Skype in Germany. The operator of the online telephone book 11880.com will deliver local search data for the internet telephony provider's web toolbar. This allows all Skype users to search for residences and businesses across Germany - and to call them using the internet as well. Conversely, with a click of the mouse all 11880.com users can ring up their search results using the function „SkypeOut“.
With over 75 million users, Skype is now one of the most successful internet telephony providers in the world. “The new toolbar search offers a useful additional service to our customers: the Skype user not only finds telephone numbers and addresses of businesses and residences Germany-wide, he also receives additional information, such as opening hours or directions, which are stored with our partners database,“ explains Tim von Toerne, Skype representative for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “With high-performing and user-friendly functions for both white and yellow page searches, 11880.com is our ideal partner here. The solutions offered are not only interesting for the German Skype community, but also for international Skype users who are looking for telephone numbers in Germany.“
With its online telephone book 11880.com, telegate positioned itself as licenser of “local search“ solutions. High standards of quality, rich additional information and an up-to-date standard database combined with individual interface solutions made the information expert the ideal outsourcing partner. Ulrich Zabel, manager directory advertising services at telegate: “For 11880.com advertising customers the collaboration with Skype offers an interesting new distribution channel. And with the “SkypeOut” function, we offer a comfortable new feature for the consumer.” Simply clicking the green Skype symbol in the 11880.com search results now allows the user to call the requested party.
Press contact:
telegate AG
Susanne Seign
communication specialist
Fraunhoferstr. 12a
D-82152 Martinsried bei München
Tel.: (089) 89 54-1180
Fax: (089) 89 54-1189
E-Mail: presse@telegate.com
www.telegate.de
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