Telelogue Announces its Automated Directory Assistance Receives Most Innovative Solution Award

Telelogue, Inc., a leading provider of voice automated directory assistance calls to telecommunications service providers, today announced that its Voice Directory Assistance service deployed at Blackfoot Telecommunications Group was recognized as an innovative and unique speech solution by Speech Technology Magazine.

(PRWEB) July, 2003 -- Telelogue, Inc., a leading provider of voice automated directory assistance calls to telecommunications service providers, today announced that its Voice Directory Assistance service deployed at Blackfoot Telecommunications Group was recognized as an innovative and unique speech solution by Speech Technology Magazine.

Blackfoot launched Telelogues VDA in early 2003, and has been achieving an overall automation rate higher than 45%, with more than 58% automation on business listings alone. Subsequent to this deployment, Telelogue has received notices of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office concerning patent applications that broadly cover several required features necessary to automate directory assistance, including data preprocessing and nightly listing database updates.

About Telelogue

Telelogue is the first and only company with deployed systems that provide automation for all 140+ million Directory Assistance (DA) listings in the U.S. In these deployments, Telelogue is achieving unprecedented rates of automation, which combined with the savings from 'whisper and 'screen fill provide customers with compelling savings for DA calls. Telelogue offers both in-network and hosted options and includes solutions for ordinary course DA and for handling calls during service disruption. See Telelogues web site at www.telelogue.com.

About Blackfoot Telecommunication Group

The Blackfoot Telecommunications Group is comprised of Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) and its subsidiary Blackfoot Communications, a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC). The Blackfoot Telecommunications Group has provided state-of-the-art communications services since 1954. Headquartered in Missoula, Montana, Blackfoot offers a full array of personal and business communications options that include local and long distance telephone services, high-speed Internet service, communications systems, long distance, and wireless digital PCS. See Blackfoots web site at www.blackfoot.net.