Main Providers
| Name & Mobile URL | SMS# | Country | Description | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4info | 44636 | |||
| 63336 | 63336 (UK) 57275 (IE) |
UK IE | Founded by ex-Symbian and Psion CEO Colly Myers, AQA uses human researchers to provide answers to any free form search queries or customer questions. It was the first company to provide such a service using only a premium short code and not a mix of shortcode and keyword. | 2004 |
| AskMeNow | 27563 | US CA | Gives users the option of searching for information using an SMS short code, a WAP 2.0 site m.askmenow.com, or mobile applications. Uses natural language search that allows users to ask a question and receive an answer. AskMeNow has a carrier deals with Rogers Wireless and Bell Mobility in Canada and Alltel Wireless in the United States. | 2005 |
| Bing Mobile from Microsoft | 1 800 CALL 411 | US? | Users have the option of searching from their mobile browsers, download client applications specifically designed for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices, or searching by voice, from any phone, by calling a toll-free number. | 2006-11 |
| ChaCha | 242242 800-2ChaCha |
US | An SMS and voice natural language-based question answering service by ChaCha (search engine), allows users on any carrier network to ask any question on any subject and the answer is provided by a human "guide", innovative because it enables Internet users (only with a US work permit) to earn money by finding answers. | 2008-01-03 |
| Fabasoft Mindbreeze | AT | Mindbreeze takes care of mobile information access to all enterprise resources including content conversion to fit all kinds of mobile devices. | 2005 | |
| 466453 | US | Offers Google SMS which allows users to obtain information by texting in structured syntax to an SMS shortcode. Limited to the categorical information they offer. Google has carrier deals with Britain's Vodafone, China Mobile, and KDDI Corp. in Japan but not specifically for the SMS product. | ? | |
| GTIP and other co-branded customer implementations | 61199 (UK) 81444 (DE) WAP (UK/DE) 82149 (IE) 83246 (UK) 83149 (UK) |
UK IE DE | Launched by AlienPants initially as a generalised service but later deliberately limited to computer game cheats, the service is made available to multiple customers under each customer's own brand, such as T-Mobile as the 'T-Mobile Cheat Service', or as GuruGold in support of the on-screen 'Games Guru' on Sky One's primetime computer games program 'Gamezville'; first in-print co-branded service, in association with GamePlayer magazine, appeared in the magazine in May, 2004. | January 2003 |
| InfoSpace | ? | ? | Provider of meta-search, a technology by which they search the search engines and allow users the ability to search Google, Yahoo, Ask and Microsoft at the same time. Infospace also provides local search services and offers many of these services to mobile carriers, in a white labeled approach. | ? |
| Jumptap | ? | ? | JumpTap offers white-label mobile search. | ? |
| Picollator | ? | ? | Users upload an image from their mobile phones and search for relevant resources. Designed for Windows Mobile and Nokia devices. | January 2008 |
| Taptu | US UK | Mobile specific, built from the bottom up for mobile uses. It's differentiated from Google's and Yahoo's mobile search in that it only returns mobile results whereas the others may return links to non-mobile websites which may not render properly on a mobile phone; also offers refined searches for images, music, videos. | 2008 | |
| Texperts | 66000 | UK | SMS-based service that uses a mix of human experts and sophisticated algorithms to provide bespoke answers to any customer query; founded by Thomas Roberts, Sarah McVittie. | 2003-06 or 08? |
| Upsnap | 27627 | |||
| Didikle | TR | Didikle is an English, Spanish and Turkish semantic mobile search engine. It parses questions and gives proper quick answers, augmented with regular web search, optimized for mobile devices. | 2007-05 | |
| Yahoo! Go | 92466 (US) | UK US | A mobile local search that is offered via mobile applications. Yahoo! has a search deal with British carrier Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. | ? |
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