 In April 1999, the Tellme founding team, consisting of Mike McCue, Angus Davis, Rod Brathwaite, Jim Fanning, Kyle Sims, Brad Porter, Michael Plitkins, Hadi Partovi, John Giannandrea, Andrew Volkmann, Anthony Accardi, Patrick McCormick, Danny Howard, Vicki Penrose, and Emil Michael assembled in Mountain View, California.In 2000, Tellme announced a service that delivered content to telephones—a concept called voice portals.Early competitors included TelSurf Networks, BeVocal, Hey Anita, and Quack.com.