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Comverse Names Ten Finalists for its Third Annual Innovation Awards.


Winners Will Be Announced at the 2008 Comverse User Forum Next Week

WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced the top ten finalists for its Third Annual Innovation Awards. Five winners will be announced at the Comverse 2008 User Forum that will be held June 2-5 in Porto, Portugal.

The awards honor service providers who have creatively implemented a Comverse solution to achieve significant business results. Examples of innovative implementations include creative segmentation and marketing, unique technical deployments, outstanding launches and business models, significant increases in subscribers and revenues, and significant cost reductions. The awards program is organized in association with market research firm Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. , in addition to other prominent figures in the telecom industry.

The ten finalists and their innovative use of Comverse solutions are:

* T-Mobile International, Germany, for a new standard voicemail by deploying Comverse Visual Voicemail Visual Voicemail or Random Access Voicemail is the process of adding a visual aspect to mobile phone voicemail and allowing users to listen to their messages in the order of their choice.  on both new and legacy handsets via embedded device clients

* Airtel India for supporting its rapidly growing 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.
 services during peak times over geographically dispersed coverage territories by using the Comverse SMS Router

* Vodafone Italy Vodafone Italia (former Omnitel Pronto- Italia) is an Italian mobile telephony operator. The company has 26,188,000 customers, as of 30 September 2006, placing it just behind TIM. Vodafone Italia is an owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc (76.86%) & Verizon (23.  for its implementation of a single platform to support multiple MVNOs using InSight[TM]

* Max Telecom, Bulgaria, for its launch of carrier-class SIP-based voice services over WiMAX using MyCall([R]) Converged Communications, IPCentrex and IP Trunking

* MegaFon and INcore, Russia, for the MegaFon ringback tone A Ring-back Tone (RBT), or Audible Ringing Tone or Ring-back Signal, is the audible ringing that is heard on the telephone line by the calling party after dialing and prior to the call being answered at the receiving end.  promotion implemented by INcore using Fun Dial[TM]

* StarHub, Singapore, for its successful iCare self-service using Comverse Consumer Self-Service Suite

* Telstra, Australia, for its IT transformation with large-scale migration of legacy billing systems to one converged platform using Comverse Billing Solution

* Mobile TeleSystems Mobile TeleSystems or MTS (RTS:B>MTSS MICEX:B>MTSI) is the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS with over 74.67 million subscribers as of June 30, 2007.[1]

The MTS wireless network operates using the GSM standard.
, Russia, for its rapid implementation of Comverse Real-Time Billing Solution that included the migration of approximately 34 million subscribers in just 8 nights (over the course of a month) from four different legacy systems

* Orange UK for its approach to self-service as a unified solution (based on a single platform) using the Comverse Consumer Self-Service Suite

* Kyivstar, Ukraine for its distinctive multiple services environment and delivery using the Comverse Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV.  Gateway

"The finalists were selected in association with independent research firm The Yankee Group from a large pool of extremely qualified applicants representing a diverse cross-section of customers, spanning all regions, tiers and lines of business," commented John Bunyan, Chief Marketing Officer at Comverse. "Their successful and innovative deployments reflect the versatility of Comverse's broad range of solutions, and underscore the inherent flexibility of our solutions to add significant value in support of the business needs of each operator. The Innovation Awards have become a highlight of our annual User Forum."

About Comverse

Comverse is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based messaging and content value-added services, prepaid, postpaid and converged billing and IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. . Comverse solutions generate revenues, strengthen customer loyalty and improve operational efficiency for over 500 communication service providers in more than 130 countries. The company's Total Communication(SM)portfolio facilitates personalized lifestyles in an evolving connected world and is based on the InSight[TM] Open Services Environment. Comverse's solutions support flexible deployment models, including in-network, hosted and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , and can run on circuit-switched, VoIP, IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem.

(2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS.
 and converged network environments. Comverse is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (CMVT CMVT Converse Technology .PK). For more information, visit www.comverse.com.

All product and company names mentioned herein may be registered trademarks or trademarks of Comverse or the respective referenced company(s).

This release contains "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurances that any forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and estimates. Important factors that could affect Comverse include: the results of the investigation of the Special Committee, of the Board of Directors concluded on January 28, 2008, of matters relating to Comverse's stock option grant practices and other accounting matters; the impact of any restatement of financial statements of Comverse or other actions that may be taken or required as a result of such investigation or as result of Comverse's VSOE VSOE Vendor-Specific Objective Evidence (accounting/contracting)
VSOE Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
VSOE Viveka School of Excellence
 evaluation; Comverse's inability to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission; the effects of the delisting of Comverse's Common Stock from 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
 and the quotation of Comverse's Common Stock in the "Pink Sheets," including any adverse effects relating to the trading of the stock due to, among other things, the absence of market makers; risks relating to Comverse's ability to relist its Common Stock on NASDAQ; risks relating to alleged defaults under Comverse's ZYPS ZYPS Zero Yield Puttable Securities (exchange offer)  indentures, including acceleration of repayment; risks of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 (including the pending securities class action and derivative lawsuits and any potential civil injunctive action by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and of governmental investigations or proceedings arising out of or related to Comverse's stock option practices or any other accounting irregularities or any restatement of the financial statements of Comverse, including the direct and indirect costs of such investigations and restatement; changes in the demand for Comverse's products; changes in capital spending capital spending

Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years.
 among Comverse's current and prospective customers; the risks associated with the sale of large, complex, high capacity systems and with new product introductions as well as the uncertainty of customer acceptance of these new or enhanced products from either Comverse or its competition; risks associated with rapidly changing technology and the ability of Comverse to introduce new products on a timely and cost-effective basis; aggressive competition may force Comverse to reduce prices; a failure to compensate any decrease in the sale of Comverse's traditional products with a corresponding increase in sales of new products; risks associated with changes in the competitive or regulatory environment in which Comverse operates; risks associated with prosecuting or defending allegations or claims of infringement of intellectual property rights; risks associated with significant foreign operations and international sales and investment activities, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, investments in auction rate securities, interest rates, and valuations of public and private equity; the volatility of macroeconomic mac·ro·ec·o·nom·ics  
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of the overall aspects and workings of a national economy, such as income, output, and the interrelationship among diverse economic sectors.
 and industry conditions and the international marketplace; the risk of declines in information technology spending; risks associated with Comverse's ability to retain existing personnel and recruit and retain qualified personnel. Comverse undertakes no commitment to update or revise forward-looking statements except as required by law.
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