Tor - 1:38 pm on Jan 7, 2003 (gmt 0)

In the interview with Mr. Lervik he confirms that Fast will be introducing a vastly improved functionality before before the end of june 2003. The search service will include information from large databases like:

The Yellow Pages
Phone Books
Timetables (planes, trains, buses etc.)
Maps
Lexicas

Mr. Lervik calls this "Univeral searches" were the search results are pulled from many different sources when it`s relevant to the specific search that is performed.

If you for instance are searching for the name of a person you can get his address, phone number, e-mail address and a map of were he lives/works in addition to the web pages that are relevant to the search.

If you are searching for a destination , you can get lexical information, maps and timtables in addition to the usual web pages that we see in the SERP`s today.

According to Mr. Lervik this new functionality opens for new advertising opportunities and therefore also new sources of revenue for Fast.