Cingular Wireless Selects Comverse Next-Generation Mobile Instant Messaging Solution.

WOODBURY, N.Y. -- Solution Enables Access To Leading IM Portals Providing Easy-to-Use Appealing User Experience

Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication services, today announced that Cingular Wireless has selected Comverse's next-generation Mobile Instant Messaging (IM) solution as the platform to support its new mobile instant messaging service with Yahoo! Messenger. The market leading Comverse Mobile IM solution is designed to enable Cingular to increase network traffic, attract new customers, promote the sales of advanced handsets and drive the adoption of revenue-generating wireless data services.

Instant messaging allows users to communicate in real-time with friends, family and business associates based on their immediate availability status. Comverse's Mobile IM recreates the desktop experience by providing a fun, intuitive and colorful experience on the mobile handset that allows subscribers to use their existing buddy lists to chat from anywhere. Subscribers simply download the application onto their Cingular Wireless-compatible phone and start using the service immediately.

"Comverse's Mobile IM is a compelling solution that gives subscribers the ability to connect to their buddies from any Web community anytime, anywhere," stated Ramesh Barasia, President Comverse Americas. "The telco-grade Mobile IM provides flexible operator service control for improved market positioning and complete customer management. By meeting dynamic carrier requirements, Comverse further establishes itself as the global leader in providing revenue-generating network-enhancing services and applications."

About Comverse Mobile IM

Comverse Mobile IM is a market leading solution designed to give users convenient mobile access to the IM service of their choice such as AOL(R), ICQ(R), MSN(R) and Yahoo!(R), as well as operator and local communities. Using an intuitive IM client on the handset, users will be able to operate IM functionalities seamlessly, including viewing updated presence information.

Comverse Mobile IM can be extended to more than a typical wireless IM. Operators can convert the IM contact list to a presence-enabled launch pad for rich multimedia services such as: press to talk, picture messaging, outdial, instant conferencing and much more.

Comverse Mobile IM brings Web-based IM services to the wireless world, by converting protocols, managing user sessions and delivering traffic over a choice of bearers (SMS or IP). The solution includes a standard IMPS server for communicating with standard IMPS clients.

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 communication services. These value-added enhanced services solutions, along with the company's real-time billing solutions, comprise the company's Total Communication portfolio. Comverse's Total Communication portfolio addresses four primary categories: call completion and call management solutions; advanced messaging for groups, communities and person-to-person communication; solutions and enablers for the management and delivery of data and content-based services; and real-time billing and account management solutions for dynamic service environments. Other Comverse Technology business units include: Verint Systems, a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for communications interception, networked video security and surveillance, and business intelligence; and Ulticom, a leading provider of service enabling signaling software for wireline, wireless and Internet communications. Comverse Technology is an S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Index company. For additional information, visit the Comverse Web site at 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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