Tellme Networks
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Tellme Networks Inc | |
Slogan | unknown |
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Type | Private |
Founded | 1999, Mountain View, CA |
Headquarters | Mountain View, CA |
Key people | Mike McCue, Chief Executive Officer |
Industry | Telephone |
Products | Telephone services and applications |
Revenue | unknown |
Employees | unknown |
Website | www.tellme.com |
Tellme Networks is a company based out of Mountain View, California that specializes in telephone-based applications. Tellme has pioneered the development of automated telephone applications.
[edit] History
Tellme was founded in 1999 by current CEO Mike McCue. In 2000, Tellme launched one of the world's first internet platforms to deliver content to telephones - a concept frequently called voice portals. Early competitors included BeVocal, Hey Anita and Quack.com which was acquired by America Online to power its competing service AOL By Phone.
Tellme Networks own US Patent number 76214049, which can be found at http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76214049
In 2006, Tellme's phone network will process almost 2 billion unique calls.
[edit] Services
- 1-800-555-TELL : Free information portal
- 1-866-TELLME-1 : Demo of services
- Studio : Free hosting environment for VXML applications