Call Genie relies on industry analysis and conferences from the leading independent consulting firms to understand where publishing, directory assistance and mobile information services are going. Call Genie is a regular presenter at the major industry conferences organized by these consulting firms.
 The Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) is the international trade association founded in 1898 to promote the establishment and maintenance of the highest standard of quality and service in directory publishing. It provides to its members industry-relevant communications, content-rich meetings and conventions, research, legal and legislative support, and various other programs and services. ADP membership today includes independent telephone directory publishers; vendors who supply goods and services to those publishers; agencies representing national advertisers; and key industry alliances. ADP members publish thousands of titles annually; printing and distributing billions of directory copies each year; support thousands of employees and hundreds of suppliers across the country and around the world.
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 Since their founding in 1986, The Kelsey Group has studied, analyzed and reported on Yellow Pages, electronic directories, local online commerce, enhanced directory assistance, operator-assisted services, voice and wireless commerce, and interactive newspapers. Today, the Kelsey Group coverage focuses on local advertising. Kelsey Group clients are executives who need independent, objective perspectives on Yellow Pages, electronic directories and local media. Importantly, the Kelsey Group focus is on business strategy and marketing rather than the technology itself. The Kelsey Group delivers timely guidance to clients through two Continuous Advisory Services - The Kelsey Report® and Interactive Local Media.
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 The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global association that strives to stimulate the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. The MMA is a global organization with 400 members representing over twenty countries. MMA members include agencies, advertisers, hand held device manufacturers, carriers and operators, retailers, software providers and service providers, as well as any company focused on the potential of marketing via mobile devices.
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 The Pelorus Group has emerged as one of the fastest growing independent market research and consultancy companies in the financial services and telecommunications industries. The Pelorus Group produces authoritative analysis and research reports, provides custom business planning services, and offers timely industry conferences. Initially called TELEOS Resources, Inc., the company was founded in 1987 by Alan Fross. In January 1990, the firm changed its name to The Pelorus Group to more accurately portray its widening scope of expertise.
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 The Pierz Group provides Consulting Services and Forecasts on the Directory Assistance/Directory Enquiry (411) and broader information services market, including the emerging wireless directory assistance opportunity and competitive markets.
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 Whitaker Associatesis a leading consulting organization in the global Directory Services marketplace. Whitaker Associates believes that the free market system is the most effective way to organize production and distribution and seeks to assist, through conferences, publications, and consulting, in the development of free market systems worldwide.
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 Originally founded in 1975 as the National Yellow Pages Service Association (NYPSA), the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) is the trade organization of a print and electronic media industry valued at more than $26 billion worldwide ($14 billion in the U.S.). Association members include Yellow Pages publishers, who produce leading-edge electronic products and deliver Yellow Pages directories to 100 percent of U.S. homes with telephones - and who account for more than 90 percent of Yellow Pages revenue generated in the U.S. and Canada. Members include the industry's international, national and local sales forces, certified marketing representatives (CMRs) and associate members, a group of industry stakeholders that include Yellow Pages advertisers, vendors and suppliers. The Association has members in 29 countries.
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