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To: hcirteg who wrote (7466)	12/14/1999 11:34:00 AM
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eVoice Announces New Advertisers for Its Free Voice Mail Service Nokia, Reebok, BMW, Fox Family Channel, Trans World Entertainment and The US Navy Sign On As Charter Advertisers MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1999--eVoice, Inc.(TM), today announced new charter advertisers for its ad-sponsored free home telephone answering voice mail service. The new sponsors are: Nokia, Reebok , BMW, the FOX Family Channel, Trans World Entertainment Corp., and the US Navy. eVoice offers free home telephone answering with voice mail messages that can be accessed via the phone or Internet. ``We are very pleased by the types of companies we're attracting to advertise with eVoice,' said Bruce Crair, president and chief operating officer for eVoice. ``It's our goal to provide ads that are well targeted to our subscriber base giving greater value to the advertiser.' ``We have recommended eVoice to a number of our clients because the eVoice service generates high repeat usage among a valuable target population,' said Bill Harvey, president and chief executive officer of Next Century Media, Inc. Advertising Supported eVoice is able to offer its service free to subscribers because it is advertising supported. eVoice allows advertisers to deliver customized and precisely targeted messages via the telephone, World Wide Web or e-mail. Advertisers can also provide more information with audio ``click-throughs' or links, and close the sale with Direct Connect. eVoice advertisers can precisely target their ads by age, gender and geography. eVoice subscribers hear a single five to 15 second audio ad when they check for voice mail messages on the phone. A banner ad is delivered when they check voice mail on the web. eVoice gives advertisers the opportunity to get an immediate response from their audience. After hearing an ad, a subscriber can click-through on the phone to receive more information (a 30 to 60 second ad), or connect directly to a customer service center to place an order. After seeing an ad on the Web site or in an e-mail notice, a subscriber has the ability to click-through to the advertiser's Web site. eVoice subscribers receiving their messages over the Web or through their e-mail inbox, will see a regular Web banner ad. When retrieving messages over the phone, subscribers hear one brief, five to 15 second ad, then all of their messages. Callers leaving messages for eVoice subscribers do not hear any advertisements. Free Private Voicemail In addition to home answering (where available) with phone message retrieval via the phone or Internet, messages can be automatically forwarded to any specified e-mail account as an audio attachment. eVoice offers free multiple mailbox extensions so each person in a household can receive their own private, secure messages. eVoice also offers consumers free home telephone answering capability. About eVoice eVoice, Inc., provides Internet-enhanced telecommunications solutions for consumers and businesses. Leveraging the reliability and clarity of the existing telecommunications infrastructure and the company's intelligent network of Internet servers, eVoice delivers convenient, dependable and high-quality telecommunications services. eVoice has received venture funding from Worldview Technology Partners, Nokia Ventures and Oak Investment Partners. Founded in 1998, eVoice, formerly TalkStar.com Inc., is a privately held company with headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. To subscribe to eVoice, visit the company's Web site at www.evoice.com or call 1.800.GET EVOICE. For additional information about eVoice call 650-330-3700. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: eVoice, Inc. Marty Tacktill, 650/330-3798 marty.tacktill@evoice.com