CALGARY, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Multiplied Media Corporation is pleased to announce they have signed an agreement with Kapitol-Infobel ("Infobel") to integrate their directory data into the Poynt platform. Infobel's data coverage encompasses over 30 European countries, extending Poynt's potential audience to approximately 2/3 of Europe's population or just over 565 million Europeans.
Infobel's Local Search data will be integrated into the Poynt platform and delivered over Multiplied Media's existing Windows Live(TM) Messenger and AIM instant messenger platforms as well as the BlackBerry and other delivery mechanisms as they are deployed.
"Infobel is a pioneer in online directory publishing," said John Lowe, CEO, Multiplied Media. "Their data allows us to rapidly expand the Poynt service into several key European markets."
"Multiplied Media has developed the best solution we have seen for the Instant Messenger space," said Alain Wahba, CEO of Kapitol-Infobel. "Integrating our local search content into the Poynt service provides added value for our users, allowing them to access our data when and where is most convenient for them."
About Kapitol-Infobel ---------------------
Founded in 1995 in Brussels, Kapitol-Infobel is one of the first companies in Europe to have published a telephone directory on CD-Rom and the first in the world to have created an Internet White Pages. Kapitol-Infobel manages, develops and distributes a data base of some 130 million European telephone subscribers. Kapitol-Infobel also offers services of webvertising and direct marketing. Kapitol-Infobel is active in Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
About Multiplied Media Corporation ----------------------------------
Multiplied Media Corp. (http://www.multiplied.com/) has developed Poynt (http://www.mypoynt.com/), the first multimedia local search service available over Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger and AOL's AIM instant messaging networks. Through agreements with Yellow Pages Group in Canada and Idearc Media (Superpages.com) in the United States, Poynt connects consumers with the facility, retail and consumer goods information that assists decision making and purchasing. Headquartered in Calgary, AB, Canada, Multiplied Media trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MMC.
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