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[October 19, 2004]

Telcontar and Ask Jeeves Get You There With Map Search

SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 19, 2004 -- Telcontar Drill Down Server(R) selected by Ask Jeeves to deliver maps and driving directions for enhanced Local search experience

Telcontar, a leading supplier of software and related services for Location-Based Services (LBS), today formally announced that Ask Jeeves, Inc. has selected Telcontar's Drill Down Server (DDS) to power its Map Search function on the Ask Jeeves (www.ask.com) Web site. With Telcontar's DDS spatial software platform combined with NAVTEQ map data, Ask Jeeves, provides its users with access to city maps and driving directions, capabilities that further extend the robust Local search features the major search engine offers.



"Local is a top search category on Ask Jeeves, and maps and driving directions are important components," said Jim Lanzone, senior vice president of search properties at Ask Jeeves, Inc. "Telcontar provides a fast, scalable and reliable software platform for delivering maps and driving directions. Their superior technology, commitment to customer support and demonstrated success in the market are the main reasons for choosing them as our map provider."

J. Kim Fennell, President and CEO of Telcontar, stated, "We are very pleased and honored to have been selected by Ask Jeeves for this important service. We know they have demanding users and we're confident we can deliver a best-of-breed solution for them." Fennell further commented, "Telcontar is fast becoming the provider of choice for Internet mapping applications where customers require extremely high volume, rapid response solutions. Our DDS platform generates millions of maps to users every day over the Internet, to wireless devices and for in-vehicle telematics applications and we're excited by the rapid growth in this market."

"Our relationship with Telcontar underscores our commitment to partnering with the best content and services providers," said Ryan Massie, product manager for Ask Jeeves. "Ask Jeeves seamlessly integrates Telcontar's maps and driving directions with other Local features to deliver a superior local search experience for our users."

The Telcontar Drill Down Server (DDS) enables location-based service providers the ability to easily integrate digital maps and traditional database content drawn from multiple sources for fast, accurate access to the user. The DDS provides flexible, patented spatial searching, geocoding and routing for LBS applications that include mapping and directions, navigation, fleet tracking, trip planning and real-time traffic information, all accessed via the Internet and wireless devices. The scalable DDS architecture delivers real-time information that can be changed dynamically with a transaction performance that continues to be proven second to none.

About Ask Jeeves, Inc.

Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals, and desktop search applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Excite (excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well as portal and ad serving technologies. In addition to powering several of the Ask Jeeves brands, the Company syndicates its technologies to help companies increase revenue through powerful search. Ask Jeeves' advertising services, which includes Ask Jeeves, The Excite Network, and MaxOnline, provides advertisers with targeted tools to reach a broad base of highly valuable customers. Ask Jeeves, Inc. is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in London, Dublin, and Tokyo. For more information, visit http://www.Ask.com or call 510-985-7400.

About Telcontar

Telcontar is a recognized leader in the location-based services industry. Telcontar software provides the application development environment and tools needed to deploy services that require map images, routing, proximity searching, geocoding and other related geo-spatial functionality. Its specialty is in providing very high volume, rapid response solutions ideal for Internet and wireless applications where scalability, speed and reliability are vital. Consumer services would include mapping, driving directions, navigation, yellow pages, "local search", tracking, trip planning, real-time traffic information and a variety of other location-aware services. These services are delivered to consumers via web browsers, wireless phones, PDAs, in-vehicle systems and other communication media. Telcontar clients include Yahoo! Maps and City Guides, Hutchison Three, Motorola, Rand McNally, Ask Jeeves, Televigation, Networks In Motion, Pharos Science and Applications, and ATX Technologies. Telcontar is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit http://www.telcontar.com

TRADEMARKS: Telcontar, Universal Telematics Server, Telcontar Mobile Location Server, Traffic Manager, Rich Map Engine Software Libraries and Drill Down Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of Telcontar. All other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Ask Jeeves, Ask.com, Teoma, My Way, My Search, My Web Search, iWon, Excite and MaxOnline are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc.

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