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TELI news release:Wednesday March 1, 8:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Guinness Telli-Phone Launches TelliPages In Marin County Launch Marks First Step of National Campaign MILL VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2000--Guinness Telli-Phone (OTCBB:TELI - news), a leader in the field of Information Appliance Technology, announced today that it has launched its proprietary digital TelliPages Directory, in Marin County, Calif. This comprehensive, instant, online service is the first step of a national campaign to address an untapped U.S. market of people who want a quick, accurate, functional, and comprehensive alternative to the Internet. Guinness Telli-Phone's TelliPages Directory is an online, interactive digital Yellow Pages directory with value-added services that include community and school news, schedules, updates, agendas, events, and classifieds. The TelliPages Directory allows consumers to keep track of events that change daily such as movie listings and show times, Little League scores, game schedules, practice timetables, and the soup of the day at the local deli. Advertisers are able to update their TelliPages Directory ads daily providing an advertising platform superior to the one-time annual billboards that appear in the Yellow Pages. The TelliPages Directory provides complete, accurate Yellow Pages listings in an intelligent, interactive, digital format. The system will soon provide instantaneous access to vital information for the estimated one-half of U.S. households that do not have PCs, but who still want push button access to regional and community information. ``We at Guinness Telli-Phone are very excited by the launch of our TelliPages in Marin County. The TelliPages Directory represents years of dedicated work by the Telli-Phone team, and marks our first move into this virtually untapped American Market. We feel that once the accuracy, ease, and functionality of the TelliPages directory is recognized, it will be embraced by consumers throughout the United States,' said Lawrence Guinness, president & chief executive officer of Guinness Telli-Phone. About Guinness Telli-Phone Guinness Telli-Phone is the leader in Information Appliance Technology for U.S. households. Guinness Telli-Phone has developed an online information system that is delivered through its proprietary technology, and is distributed to consumers for free. The TelliPages digital directory delivers vital localized yellow pages and community information to households at no cost to the consumer. For more information visit www.telli.com. Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: with the exception of the historical information contained in this release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described, including but not limited to product development and acceptance, manufacturing, competition, regulatory and/or other factors, which are outside the control of the company. Contact: Vision Corporate Consulting Colby Sambrotto, 212/509-4565 colby@visioncc.net