kannuu Wins the Gold for Best Technology Innovation in visiongain’s 2008 Mobile Search Awards

Nominated in Two Categories, Latest Honor Highlights Importance of Mobile Search and Discovery

Dallas, TX (September 19, 2008) —kannuu™, the global leader in lookup technology, today announced its award for Best Technology Innovation, at the 2008 Mobile Search Awards This award marks kannuu’s third honor in 2008, further extending kannuu’s significant role, in the mobile environment. Chosen by a panel of industry leading technology judges at visiongain’s annual Mobile Search Conference and Awards Presentation Ceremony Gala Dinner, in London, the event recognizes leaders and analyzes the content and application developments that raise the bar within the mobile search and discovery industry.

Julian Pasin, leading visiongain telecoms analyst and one of the judging panelist said of MSA 08, “The high quality of services and innovation on offer from all the participants made judging the awards an arduous task but ultimately bears testament to the rapid growth and evolution of mobile search. We congratulate all participants on the strides they are making for mobile search.”

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Accurate access to the vast array of mobile services and content plays a crucial role in today’s mobile landscape with each element of the wireless value chain growing more dependent upon a premium mobile search and discovery technology. Redefining efficacy, kannuu improves poor initial user experience and facilitates rapid content consumption with a familiar, yet streamlined, readily accessible interface, no longer limited by the traditional keypad/keyboard. kannuu’s versatility, accuracy, speed, and reliability transforms conventional expectations, and spotlights mobile search as a cornerstone in the thriving wireless ecosystem.

"We are honored to be recognized with the Gold in this year’s Mobile Search Awards," said Sean-Michael Daley, CEO, kannuu. "Once again setting the standard for finding content in the mobile environment, this recognition marks our third award in 2008, this extraordinary accomplishment truly highlights the quality, reliability, and value our technology delivers."

Mobile search shows no signs of slowing down, by 2011, mobile search will account for around $715 million, or 15% of a total mobile advertising market, worth nearly $4.7 billion. Dependant upon the market research, the published forecasts for global mobile search varies from $1.5 billion by 2008 to over $11 billion by 2011. Now in its third year Visiongain’s Mobile Search Awards are among the industry's highest distinction for breakthrough development and technological innovation. Independently judged hundreds of new solutions, spanning the globe are evaluated each for technological innovation, quality, performance, user friendliness, and value to arrive at the winners. visiongain seeks to create a homogenous environment for the consumer, by promoting industry collaboration.

About Visiongain’s 2008 Mobile Search Awards:

Established in 1989, Visiongain built a strong reputation for covering business-critical topics and investigating issues that other information providers will not. Completely independent, Visiongain is not associated with any parent organization or with the subjects of any of personal analysis, PR firms or advertisers. For more information on Mobile Search Awards, visit: http://www.visiongain.com/conferences.aspx?p=16.

About Visiongain:

Visiongain is a specialist Business Information Company, focused on providing cutting edge products and services across the Telecommunications, Defense, Pharmaceutical and Finance sectors. The company produces a host of management reports, offers a consultancy service, as well as producing business conferences, newsletters, and e-zines.
The company has firmly established itself as the first port-of-call for the business professional, who needs timely and independent, high quality, original material to rely on. Visiongain has a global client base with offices in London and India.
For more information on Visiongain, please visit the website: www.visiongain.com.

About kannuu:

The leaders in lookup innovation, kannuu distributes its solutions globally through strategic licensing partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), software platforms, online content providers and ecommerce solutions. kannuu’s patented Partial Word Completion™ defines new models for how consumers interact with a wide array of software, consumer electronics, mobile devices, PCs and more. Headquartered in Dallas, TX, the kannuu team is comprised of individuals dedicated to providing innovation through the power of finding, not searching.

Licensing:

For more information regarding the kannuu technology-licensing program, please contact Sean-Michael Daley, CEO.

kannuu, the kannuu logo, and Partial Word Completion are trademarks or registered trademarks of kannuu in the United States and/or other countries.