Comverse Collaborates With QUALCOMM To Bring Next Generation Enhanced Services To BREW-Enabled Wireless Devices.

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WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001

Two Industry Leaders Target Improved Quality

Of Experience For End-Users

Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services, today announced a collaboration with QUALCOMM (NASDAQ: QCOM) to bring next generation enhanced services, such as multimedia messaging, voice solutions and mobile Internet solutions, to BREW-enabled wireless devices.

"As the pioneer of wireless communications technology, QUALCOMM is naturally positioned to accelerate the emergence of a genuinely useful wireless Internet," said Peggy Johnson, president of QUALCOMM Internet Services. "QUALCOMM is delighted to be working with Comverse, which continues to demonstrate its leadership in the wireless space."

"Comverse is aggressively expanding its relationships with handset and network infrastructure vendors," said Zeev Bregman, Chief Executive Officer of Comverse. "By optimizing our field-proven enhanced services to work with QUALCOMM's BREW technology, and by developing entirely new applications that could not exist without this new platform, we continue to stay on the forefront of innovation and to maintain our commitment to promoting quality of experience for users regardless of what device they may be using, wherever they may be in the world."

The collaboration combines QUALCOMM's position as a leader of innovative, digital wireless communications products and services with Comverse's world-leading experience in deploying the most advanced network based value-added services. As a result, users worldwide will get a next generation user experience - one that is more intuitive, easy-to-use and attractive.

QUALCOMM's BREW platform is a thin, standardized execution environment that resides in handsets. Native BREW applications are written in C/C++. While BREW supports programming in other languages, such as Java and XML, C/C++ is used as the primary language by significantly more developers worldwide than any other language, according to International Data Corp. QUALCOMM's BREW initiative is the only approach that offers developers, OEMs and carriers a complete, end-to-end solution for wireless applications development, device configuration, application distribution, and billing and payment. The complete BREW solution includes the BREW Software Development Kit(TM) (SDK) for developers, the BREW application platform and porting tools for device manufacturers, and the BREW Distribution System (BDS) that enables developers and their carrier customers to get applications to market and coordinates the billing and payment processes for them. Carriers' BREW-based services will enable consumers to customize their cell phones by downloading applications over the air from a carrier's application download server.

Comverse will work to build a variety of new applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the BREW platform for both existing and future network generations. Initially the focus will be on applications which enhance messaging for CDMA One/CDMA 2000 networks, and which seamlessly combine voice and data. Other areas of exploration include prepaid solutions and new approaches for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). QUALCOMM and Comverse will also support each other in 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards bodies.

About QUALCOMM

QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital technology. The Company's business areas include CDMA integrated circuits and system software; technology licensing; the BREW applications platform; Eudora(R) e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar(TM) system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS(R) and OmniExpress(TM). QUALCOMM owns patents that are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 100 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2001 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.

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 375 wireless and wireline telecommunications network 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 services, IP-based unified messaging (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. Other Comverse Technology business units include: Comverse Infosys, a world leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of intelligent digital voice, video and data recording and content management applications for the security, surveillance, law enforcement and contact center markets; 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.

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