Bouygues Telecom Selects Comverse Multimedia Messaging Service Center -MMSC-; Open MMS Solution To Run On Bouygues Telecom's GPRS Network.Business Editors WOODBURY, N.Y. & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2002 Bouygues Telecom has selected the Multimedia Messaging Service See MMS. Center (MMSC) of Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Comverse Technology, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CMVT) is an American Technology company located in Woodbury, New York, which develops and markets telecommunications software. Founded in 1982, the company focuses on providing services to third party telecommunication service providers. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CMVT CMVT Converse Technology ), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services. This open and standardized platform allows multimedia messages to be exchanged between mobile telephones, personal assistants, PCs and interactive televisions. The customer will thus be able to create, send and receive a wide range of messages, incorporating sound, photographs and video clips. "This platform is quickly operational and represents the first step towards the mobile multimedia services of tomorrow," says Yves Goblet, Deputy CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Strategy and Development at Bouygues Telecom. "We have adopted an approach that is particularly open to third-party content and applications. The choice of the Comverse platform will thus contribute to the successful launch of added-value MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. services for our customers." "We are pleased that Bouygues Telecom has chosen our MMS solution," said Zeev Bregman, Chief Executive Officer of Comverse. "We believe that to ensure substantial usage of MMS, it is critical to offer both global and localized multimedia content and applications. We are currently negotiating partnership agreements with leading content providers and application developers, which will enable our customers to provide a richer MMS user experience." About Bouygues Telecom With 6500 employees, 6.6 million customers and a network covering over 98% of the French population, Bouygues Telecom has established itself as the company that democratised the mobile telephony market in France. As the top French operator by number of destinations covered, the company is one of the top 5 global operators, with international coverage in 142 countries due to roaming agreements with over 278 national operators. www.bouyguestelecom.fr About Comverse Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services. More than 380 wireless and wireline telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. operators, in more than 100 countries, have selected Comverse's enhanced services systems and software, which enable the provision of revenue-generating value-added services including call answering with one-touch call return, short messaging See SMS. services, IP-based unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. (voice, fax, and email in a single mailbox), 2.5G/3G multimedia messaging (MMS), wireless instant messaging, wireless data and Internet-based services, voice-controlled dialing, messaging and browsing, prepaid wireless services, and additional personal communication services (communications) Personal Communication Services - (PCS) Telecommunications services that bundle voice communications, numeric and text messaging, voice-mail and various other features into one device, service contract and bill. PCS are carried over cellular links, most often digital. . Other Comverse Technology business units include: Verint Systems, Inc., a leading provider of analytic solutions for digital video security and surveillance, communications interception, and enterprise business intelligence; and Ulticom, a leading provider of service enabling network software for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications. Comverse Technology is an S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Index company. For additional information, visit the Comverse web site at http://www.comverse.com All product and company names mentioned herein may be registered trademarks or trademarks of Comverse or the respective referenced company(s). |
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