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1.9.02
CustomWeather Sees Blue Skies as VoltDelta Partners for Operator Services

San Francisco, CA—January 9, 2002—CustomWeather, the leading supplier of syndicated weather data announced today that it has partnered with VoltDelta, a leading provider of telephone directory assistance solutions and information services. CustomWeather’s forecasting and ski report services will be offered to VoltDelta customers via Directory Assistance operators as part of VoltDelta’s iExpress, the enhanced information service within the InfoExpress suite of Directory Assistance products.

“We are very excited about working with CustomWeather to add their weather information to our portfolio of 411 enhanced information services,” said Bob Toothaker, VoltDelta’s Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing, “The quality and timeliness of their data is excellent and the addition of CustomWeather as a partner will be a noticeable improvement for our customers.”

VoltDelta’s iExpress is an enhanced directory service tool that offers flexible query facilities designed to provide enhanced directory content to meet a caller’s specific needs via directory assistance operators. In addition to traditional business and residence listings, iExpress includes enhanced offerings such as weather, movie schedules, restaurant reviews, sports, horoscopes and cultural event schedules.

ìVoltDelta is a very important opportunity for CustomWeather, because it highlights our commitment to customizing our weather data for the unique needs of our clients.î Said Geoff Flint, CEO of CustomWeather. ìBecause of our ability offer cost-effective, customized weather data, our services will be offered around the world to Volt customers, many of whom are leaders in the telecommunication industry, an area where we are also seeing a lot of success in conjunction with wireless services.î

CustomWeather forecasts were officially launched as part of Volt’s services as of November 7, 2001.

About VoltDelta
VoltDelta is a leading Application Services Provider (ASP) of platform and database solutions to the global telecommunications markets. Its operator services solutions support RBOCs, PTTs, interchange carriers, independent telephone companies and agent service providers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. VoltDelta is reported as the Computer Systems Segment in Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: VOL), a diversified technology and staffing company, providing leading edge services to the information technology, telecommunications and publishing industries. For additional information please contact Marketing & Sales, Sr. VP. Robert Toothaker; 212-827-2654 or go to www.voltdelta.com.

About CustomWeather, Inc.
CustomWeather, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, offers syndicated custom weather content, services and applications that are designed to be fully integrated and private-labeled by internet and wireless information providers. CustomWeather’s geo-coded data feeds are supplied via FTP in desirable formats such as XML and ASCII. CustomWeather generates over 58,000 unique forecasts worldwide, establishing it as the leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels.

Contacts
CustomWeather, Inc.

Marketing and Business Development:
Geoff Flint
415. 777 3945
marketing@customweather.com

VoltDelta
Cecilia Pfeiffer
Cpfeiffer@voltdelta.com
714. 921 7562

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