Comverse Announces Enhanced Wireless Email Solution That Allows Users To Better Manage Email Through Their Mobile Handsets.

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WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000

Users Can Compose, Receive, Forward, Reply To,

And Manage Messages Anywhere

Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based enhanced services, today introduced a fully manageable mobile email solution which enables subscribers to receive, send and manage email messages over a mobile telephone as a true email client. As a result, subscribers have full access to vital email communications, even while traveling.

"People around the world have become increasingly dependent on the Internet, especially email, as a cost-effective and efficient means of communication for both personal and business use," said Itsik Danziger, President of Comverse Network Systems. "With our mobile email solution, subscribers are always connected to their vital email communications and can stay in touch, no matter where they are, using a mobile handset. This enhancement to the Comverse portfolio of multimedia messaging services allows wireless providers to offer subscribers yet another new product, increasing their revenues and helping them to reduce customer churn."

The mobile email service allows subscribers to conveniently forward and reply to email messages and include the entire text of the original message. Applications include complete management of all email messages in mailbox folders in addition to all email messaging capabilities. The service utilizes MOSM (mobile originated short message) and WAP technologies to communicate with many types of wireless handsets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), two-way paging devices and PCs. It not only features an integrated Comverse personal address book, to facilitate addressing messages from the mobile handset, but may also be integrated with an email server-based address book.

The new service also leverages innovative voice features included in Comverse's unified messaging solution, specifically email-to-speech and voice reply to email via the handset. Email-to-speech gives subscribers access to and management of their email messages by telephone and offers subscribers the option of using any fixed-line or mobile handset to dial into their mailbox to listen to their email and the ability to save, delete and forward messages. Using voice reply to email, subscribers can also record a voice message as a reply to email messages.

Using Comverse's advanced SMS services via their mobile handsets, subscribers can see and manage their current profile information and receive notification of new email messages. Subscribers can also use a default signature at the end of a message. Self-provisioning features - including self-enrollment, profile information access and customization of the service using mobile originated short message (MOSM) - make the service flexible and customizable by the subscriber.

This mobile Internet email solution is available from Comverse immediately. It is built upon Comverse's messaging platform and architecture and will leverage 3G technologies as they become available.

About Comverse Network Systems

Comverse Network Systems is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling enhanced services for wireless and wireline communications service providers with over 340 communications customers in more than 100 countries. Comverse Network Systems' software and systems enable a wide range of multimedia enhanced services which generate revenue, provide competitive differentiation, and increase customer acquisition and retention. The services include: call answering; Internet-based unified messaging (voice, fax, and email in a single mailbox); mailbox-to-mailbox messaging; device-independent, policy-driven mobile Internet platforms, including a router-based WAP gateway; wireless data and Internet-based information services; voice-controlled web portal and other natural-speech recognition-based services; prepaid wireless services; interactive voice response; virtual phone/fax; one-touch call return; personal number service; call screening/caller introduction; Internet call waiting; and other personal communications services. For additional information, visit Comverse Network Systems' web site at (http://www.comversens.com).

About Comverse Technology, Inc.

Comverse Technology, Inc., headquartered in Woodbury, New York, designs, develops, manufactures and markets computer and telecommunications systems and software for communications and information processing applications. In addition to its Network Systems Division, Comverse's operations include: Comverse Infosys, which provides: multiple channel, multimedia digital recording, logging, and quality monitoring systems marketed to call centers, financial institutions and other organizations, and multiple channel, multimedia digital monitoring systems marketed to law enforcement and intelligence agencies; and Ulticom, which is a leading provider of network signaling software for wireless, wireline, and Internet communication services. Comverse Technology is an S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Index company. Visit Comverse Technology's web site at http://www.comverse.com.