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PALO ALTO, Calif. – July 31, 2006 –
4INFO, the leading mobile search company, and Ready-Set-Go Fantasy
Sports LLC, the leader in predictive fantasy sports analysis, announced
today their partnership to co-promote NFL products. Ready-Set-Go
helps fantasy football players win by providing customized, expert,
predictive software analysis. Meanwhile, 4INFO provides the means
to search or set alerts for NFL scores and player statistics from
a cell phone. The combination of products provides a complete week-to-week
solution for the sports or fantasy football fan who wants the latest
updates as they happen.
For the week preceding the NFL games, Ready-Set-Go’s
Fantasy Football Starters (http://fantasyfootballstarters.com) membership-based
service provides proven mobile and wireless fantasy football analysis
products, including:
*Draft Analyzer: The only fantasy football prediction
engine incorporating real-time player updates, status factors and
customized scoring requirements.
* Trade Analyzer: Predicts the impact a trade will have on your
fantasy football roster, by position, and how it will influence
every week remaining in your season.
* Line-up Analyzer: Patent-pending fantasy football software application
using real-time player updates and a proven algorithm that predicts
fantasy football player & team performance expectations, personalized
for your fantasy football roster.
* Team Analyzer: Analyzes opposing fantasy football teams you face
during weekly match-ups.
* Wireless Starter Alerts: Industry’s first "Starter
Alert" mobile wireless notification which reminds you to set
your roster, complete with the latest starter recommendations.
Then on game day, 4INFO provides the perfect solution
for dedicated fans who want to follow particular teams or players.
The service allows users to query or have a variety of event-triggered
text alerts, for both team scores and player statistics, sent to
their mobile phones. Now, dedicated sports or fantasy football fans
can get as-they-happen updates and never miss another touchdown,
turnover, or injury.
4INFO’s free search functions include:
* For team scores, text TEAM NAME (ex: cowboys)
to 4INFO (44636)
* For all daily scores, text NFL to 4INFO (44636)
* For player stats, text PLAYER FIRST and LAST NAME (ex: reggie
bush) to 4INFO
* For schedules, text SCHEDULE + TEAM NAME (ex: schedule raiders)
* For standings, text STANDING + DIVISION (ex: standing nfc central)
4INFO’s real-time text alerts include:
* End of game score alerts for individual teams
* Event-triggered text alerts each time the game score changes
* End of game stats for individual players
* And, for $3.99/month, unlimited, event-driven player statistics
for:
* Individual Scoring
* Turnovers
* Yardage Gained
* Injuries
“The ability to search or set text alerts
using 4INFO’s live scores and player stats provide the perfect
game-day complement to all the research that has been done during
the week using the Fantasy Football Starter’s toolset,”
said Zaw Thet, CEO of 4INFO.
“4INFO is an industry leader that shares
our vision to provide the ultimate mobile fantasy football experience,”
said Jeff Coruccini, President/CEO at Ready-Set-Go Fantasy Sports,
“Thanks to the natural ‘hand-off’ between our
two mobile services, fantasy football fans now have access to analysis,
stats and predictions anytime, anywhere.”
The two companies will co-promote products on
each others’ websites, http://www.4info.net/nfl and http://www.fantasyfootballstarters.com,
as well as in joint marketing ventures as they see fit, including
conferences, festivals, advertising, and other marketing initiatives.
About 4INFO
4INFO, Inc. (www.4INFO.net) enhances the utility of mobile phones
by providing users the means to search, discover and receive relevant
information and content. 4INFO's comprehensive suite of mobile services
(Text Message Search to 44636, Mobile Web at http://wap.4INFO.net,
and Text Alerts) provides access to business listings, sports scores,
fantasy sports stats, weather, flight information, movie times,
horoscopes, hotspot locations, news, stock quotes, hotel reservations,
package tracking, and mobile downloads. The services are available
free of charge to users on all major U.S. carriers. 4INFO is headquartered
in Palo Alto, California and their primary investors include US
Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Gannett Company,
Inc.
About Ready-Set-Go Fantasy Sports LLC
Ready-Set-Go Fantasy Sports owns and operates Fantasy Football Starters.com,
the No. 1 source for personalized, expert analysis using proven
Power Analyzer tools—the Draft Analyzer, Trade Analyzer, Team
Analyzer and Line-Up Analyzer. Fantasy Football Starters.com also
offers blogs, free articles, user forums, and podcasts of its radio
shows so members can listen online. Ready-Set-Go is based in Phoenix,
Arizona.
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