Dial Up Elusive Cell Phone Numbers -- Intelius Launches First of Its Kind Cell Phone Directory

Intelius, Inc., a company that empowers consumers and businesses with online information for intelligent decisions, today announced it has enhanced its phone directory to include cell phone listings, making it one of the first companies to expand its people search and reverse phone search capabilities to include cell phone numbers. According to Jupiter Research, there are approximately 195 million cell phones in the United States. Intelius' new cell phone directory and reverse cell phone lookup services tackle the growing need for an accurate and easy-to-use cell phone directory.

In 2006, 26 million adults lived in households that used only a cell phone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health Center for Health Statistics. The study also showed that the percentage of households with only a cell phone increased by 300 percent since 2003.

With more people using cell phones -- 43 percent of phone users nationwide were considering switching to mobile phones as their primary telephone, according to a 2005 In-Stat report -- there is an increasing concern about telemarketing calls, higher cell phone bills, mystery callers and wrong numbers. By utilizing Intelius' services, a person can check unknown numbers that are calling and be more informed about the people and companies trying to get in touch with them and their children.

The cell phone directory also provides Intelius users with another way to track down people they may have lost touch with. With more people moving and changing their contact information on a regular basis, Intelius is a one-stop service for people to use in order to reconnect with others.

"Intelius is the only company with a robust and ever-expanding directory of cell phone numbers, which is particularly important as our society becomes increasingly reliant on cell phones. Our goal is to continue producing innovative services, like the cell phone directory, that meet our customers' changing demands," said Edward Petersen, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Intelius. "Our mobile directory not only provides consumers an easy way to look for cell phone numbers for long-lost friends, colleagues and family members, it also gives them the means to be informed about who is trying to contact them by providing a caller's name and other information linked to the owner of a cell number. By knowing who is calling, consumers can gain peace of mind about mystery callers and hang-ups."

To use the service, customers simply visit http://www.intelius.com and enter a person's name or cell phone number. When searching by name, Intelius' cell phone directory checks the name and expands the search results to include other possible connections to the name entered. An Intelius cell phone report contains information on a cell phone user including owner name, address and other contact numbers. Each search costs $14.95 and allows a person to search by name or do a reverse search by a cell phone number.

About Intelius

Intelius is the leading information commerce company providing consumers and businesses with predictive intelligence to inform the decision-making process and solve real-world problems. In less than three years of business, Intelius has gained more than three million customers who use Intelius' information to protect their loved ones, businesses and assets. Intelius' services include background and criminal checks, people search, background monitoring and an award-winning identity theft prevention product, Intelius' IDWatch. Intelius is one of the top 100 commerce sites on the Internet. In 2005, Intelius' IDWatch was named the WSA's Consumer Product of the Year. In 2006, Intelius was named one of the Top Private Companies by Washington CEO Magazine and was listed amongst the top 15 Corporate Philanthropists by Puget Sound Business Journal. For more about Intelius products and services, visit http://www.intelius.com/ . For more about Intelius' business, press and policies, visit http://www.intelius.com/corp .

Media Contact Katie McFadzean MWW Group for Intelius, Inc. 206-505-8333 kmcfadzean@mww.com