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After an on-again-off-again/on-again 18-month odyssey, VoltDelta and Nortel Networks now pool their Directory Assistance assets, including 160 Nortel employees and a book of business estimated at $40-50 million in revenue.

New BREW-based services aim to disintermediate the live agent 411 revenue-per-call model. Because they are available as downloads that carry per-month or per-day charges, they make the subscription model, which has been so elusive in the past, within reach on selected phones offered by selected carriers.