Online Directory Companies Launch the At Hand Network

Posted on July 15, 1998

Four major online directory companies announced the formation of the At Hand Network Yellow Pages, a nationwide network of Internet Yellow Pages services. The At Hand Network is a business search service offering business listings information nationwide. It is operated jointly by the Internet publishing divisions of Ameritech, BellSouth, SBC Communications and U S WEST.

In June 1997, this group formed a marketing alliance that cooperatively developed "The 'Original Yellow Pages,' a shared search page. The At Hand Network expands this service, providing consumers with a common search form, URL and accurate and complete electronic yellow pages information nationwide.

The group has adopted At Hand as their common brand name, and the URL as their shared search page. The former At Hand site, operated by SBC Interactive, has been renamed SMARTpages and covers the seven states served by Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell.