Comverse Launches Instant SMS, Converging the Success of SMS and the User Experience of Mobile Instant Messaging.BARCELONA, Spain -- Comverse, a subsidiary 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. and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced the expansion of Comverse's Converged Messaging portfolio with the launch of Comverse Instant SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , which combines the worlds of SMS and Mobile Instant Messaging Mobile Instant Messaging abbreviated as MIM is a presence enabled messaging service that aims to transpose the Internet desktop messaging such as ICQ or MSN experience to the usage scenario of being connected via a mobile/cellular device. (MIM MIM Metal Injection Molding MIM Mendelian Inheritance in Man MIM Mobile Instant-Messaging MIM Man in the Middle MIM Multilateral Initiative on Malaria MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal MIM Master of International Management MIM Made in Mexico ) while preserving the successful user experience of each. Comverse will be showcasing its Total Communication(SM) Portfolio at 3GSM World Congress 2007, February 12-15 at the Comverse booth (Hall 8, Stand 8B83). Built on field-proven, best-of-breed technology, Instant SMS upgrades the existing SMS experience, adding MIM functionalities like presence, mood expressions, emoticons, multi-party chats and personal messages. Instant SMS can also interconnect with Internet Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM) users, providing a wide target group with whom users may communicate. Instant SMS is part of the pace-setting Comverse SMS 4.0 suite of advanced SMS services that integrate with the Comverse InSight[TM] Open Services Environment. The advanced SMS 4.0 suite shows another reason why the InSight environment, which can host a rich variety of messaging and content services, has become the market leader. "Part of our role as global leaders in both SMS and MIM with many of the world's largest deployments is to vigilantly track market dynamics," said Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer at Comverse. "Instant SMS improves the messaging experience by integrating the SMS domain with MIM functionalities. The synergy created by this convergence can tap deeply into vast unrealized potential, bringing messaging revenues to a new level. As the industry distances itself from silos of separate services, Instant SMS preserves and expands successful user experiences while taking important steps towards Converged Messaging." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. John Delaney, Principal Analyst at Ovum. "IM has been highly successful on the PC, but remains far from reaching its potential on the mobile handset. SMS, on the other hand, has virtually universal wireless penetration and enormous popularity. The addition to SMS of some of the things that has made IM popular may offer a means of stimulating further growth in SMS usage." About Comverse Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : CMVT CMVT Converse Technology .PK), is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services. The company's Total Communication(SM) portfolio includes value-added messaging, personalized data and content-based services, and real-time converged billing solutions. Over 450 communication and content service providers in more than 120 countries use Comverse products to generate revenues, strengthen customer loyalty and improve operational efficiency. 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