Comverse Establishes Key Relationship With VoiceObjects AG For Deployment Of VoiceXML Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2003 HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 Service Providers Can Quickly Design and Deploy Voice Applications 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, today announced that it has established a key relationship with VoiceObjects AG to make VoiceObjects Factory available on the Comverse Media Server. The Comverse Media Server is a modular, standards-based VoiceXML gateway for delivering voice-activated and interactive voice response (IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. ) services in wireline and wireless networks. The Media Server integrates leading edge technologies that enable network service providers to host a large number of voice applications. VoiceObjects Factory creates a friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. (Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to ) based service creation environment that contains elements such as online dialog personalization and easy configuration editors. The combined offering benefits service providers by creating a simple and efficient way to deliver voice applications, including infotainment and voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. services. The service creation environment enables service providers to reduce development and training resources formerly needed to design and deploy voice-controlled enhanced services and increases the control they have over how, when, and to whom new services are launched. "We are excited to partner with Comverse, a recognized leader in value-added services," said Karl-Heinz Land, 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. of VoiceObjects. "This collaboration provides us with exposure to Comverse's large service provider customer base. Users can benefit from the accelerated pace of voice service deployments by operators around the world." "We're pleased to be able to offer our customers the benefits of the VoiceObjects service creation environment," said Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer of Comverse. "Operators realize the value of an intuitive voice interface in enhancing the user experience and increasing per user revenues. We believe our key relationship with VoiceObjects enables service providers to build and rapidly deploy a rich portfolio of revenue-generating voice services with minimal operational expenses. VoiceXML is one of the empowering technologies employed in our flagship InSight environment for next-generation services." About InSight Comverse InSight next-generation environment utilizes a modular, standards-based, open IP architecture that integrates data network and smart handset capabilities. Core components, including the multimedia message store, address book, media and presence servers, and subscriber profile database serve all associated applications. InSight's enhanced multimodal Two or more modes of operation. The term is used to refer to a myriad of functions and conditions in which two or more different methods, processes or forms of delivery are used. On the Web, it refers to asking for something one way and receiving the answer another; for example requesting user experience, which is cohesive across voice and data services, provides an attractive single point of access to all types of messages and personal files. InSight creates a pioneering environment that enables rapid deployment of new, exciting Total Communication and infotainment services for individuals, groups and communities supplied by Comverse and third parties. About VoiceObjects VoiceObjects AG develops and markets Voice Application Server software and associated tools that revolutionizes customer service voice applications and voice-enabled mission critical applications for carriers and enterprises. VoiceObjects can be linked together for interactive dialogues of any complexity. VoiceObjects' platform is based on standards such as VoiceXML or SALT, completely enclosing complex speech processing Speech processing is the study of speech signals and the processing methods of these signals. The signals are usually processed in a digital representation whereby speech processing can be seen as the intersection of digital signal processing and natural language processing. systems and other core technology. For more information, please contact info@VoiceObjects.com. 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 400 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 services, IP-based unified messaging (voice, fax, and email in a single mailbox), 2.5G/3G multimedia messaging (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. ), instant communications, wireless information and entertainment 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, a leading provider of analytic solutions for communications interception, digital video security and surveillance, 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. 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