Infocom to launch IVRS for exim biz

Infocom Networks, a Delhi-based Yellow pages publisher, is planning to introduce an interactive voice response system (IVRS) for its export-import (Exim) business customers so that the latter can access their e-mails on their mobile phones when they are away from a personal computer.

"At present, we are testing the interactive voice response system and are likely to launch it within the next three months," Bikky Khosla, the chief executive of the company, said at a press conference here.

The company publishes three types of Exim directories every year "� Exporters Yellow Pages, Indian Importers Directory and International pages.

Infocom Networks launched its new version of Exporters Yellow pages here today.

"We sell about 50,000 copies of the yellow pages a year, in addition to which we distribute one lakh CDs as complimentary," Bikky Khosla said.

The directory consists of a database of one lakh companies. There are about 6,000 Andhra companies listed in the directory. The information is divided into 665 categories, including 609 product and 56 service categories.

The company has now decided to update the directory every six months.

Infocom Networks posted Rs 6 crore turnover last fiscal and expects to exceed Rs 10 crore this year.

The company also has a online version of the directors via a web site: www.trade-india.com, which has got about 2.45 lakh registered users.

"We are getting over 400 new registrations and over two lakh page views every day. Since the launch of the portal in 2000, about 3.45 lakh enquiries were registered," Khosla informed.

There are about 8,000 paid subscribers for the portal, while another 2.33 lakh subscribers receive its weekly news letter.