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Montreal (Quebec), June 9, 2009 – Yellow Pages Group (YPG), Canada’s leader in local commercial search, has launched the YellowPages.ca™ local search application to provide consumers with a user-friendly tool to easily search for local businesses and people on smartphones running Google™ ‘s Android™ operating system.
“Consumers are increasingly looking for relevant and useful local business information from their mobile devices when they are on-the-go,” said Jean-Pascal Lion, Vice President - Marketing, Yellow Pages Group. “The application puts the power of our network in the hands of Android users and gives our advertisers access to a significant number of potential customers."
The YellowPages.ca™ application includes the following features:
- Business, Person and Reverse phone number look-up
- Save listings to your address book
- Send listings via SMS or e-mail
- Actionable merchant page allows users to call, get a map, visit merchant’s web page, view merchant ad or launch video from a single page
- Local proximity-based search using the device’s built-in GPS (where available)
The application can be downloaded directly from any Android-powered smartphone by visiting the Android Market™.
About Yellow Pages Group Yellow Pages Group is Canada's leader local commercial search provider. It publishes annually more than 340 Yellow Pages™ and residential directories. The Company owns and manages Canada's most visited online directories, YellowPages.ca™ and Canada411.ca™, as well as CanadaPlus.ca™, a network of seven local city sites. Yellow Pages Group is indirectly held by Yellow Pages Income Fund (TSX: YLO.UN). For more information, visit www.ypg.com.
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Information: Perry Schwartz Yellow Pages Group Tel.: 416 412-5623 perry.schwartz@ypg.com |