Comverse Network Systems Announces InfoPeeler Wireless Internet Portal: Delivers Information and Content From Internet and Other Sources to Wireless Subscribers.GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1999-- Wireless Operators Can Reduce Churn and Attract New Revenues Through Information and Content Services Delivered to Both WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. and Non-WAP Handsets Comverse Network Systems, a division 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 enhanced services platforms to wireless and wireline service providers, today announced the availability of its InfoPeeler(TM) wireless Internet portal. The InfoPeeler portal, which is part of Comverse's mobile data and wireless Internet strategy, enables wireless service providers to create information and content services, allowing subscribers to receive information from the Internet and other sources, delivered to the device of their choice. Through Comverse Network Systems' InfoPeeler Internet portal, wireless operators can enable their subscribers to access information based on their personal needs, interests, and preferences. The InfoPeeler portal links wireless service subscribers to information from a variety of sources, such as the Internet, news agencies, corporate Intranets, and commercial content providers via the subscriber's wireless handset. Information, such as stock quotes, weather reports, and phone directories, can be delivered either immediately, in `pull' mode as a response to the subscriber's request, or in `push' mode 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. a pre-determined schedule. Because Comverse's InfoPeeler wireless portal A Web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for is device-independent, subscribers can have information delivered to whatever device is most convenient for them at any moment. These services can be made available both to subscribers with WAP- (Wireless Application Protocol) and non-WAP handsets. A subscriber can access services using a mobile handset and have information and content delivered to the wireless device, to a fax machine, to an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address , to voice mail, or have the information read to them over the telephone utilizing text-to-speech technology. And, packaged with Comverse's Tel@GO(TM) voice activated services portfolio, subscribers can navigate information and content services via natural language spoken commands. According to Gideon A. Be'ery, President of Comverse Network Systems' Mobile Data Division, "Comverse Network Systems deployed its mobile data strategy earlier this year when it founded its Mobile Data Division. InfoPeeler represents the next step in Comverse's mobile data strategy. As part of that strategy, the company is committed to available standards and supports WAP 1.1. Because it acts as a gateway, InfoPeeler gives subscribers greater control over the kinds of information they truly want and need, and delivers it to them when and where they need it most." Comverse Network Systems is demonstrating its InfoPeeler wireless Internet portal at World Telecom '99 in booth 1130.02, USA Pavilion, October 10-17, 1999 in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. Specific demonstrations on InfoPeeler for the press will be on Sunday, October 10 from 11:30AM - Noon and Monday, October 11 from 10:00-10:30AM. About InfoPeeler Comverse's InfoPeeler is a device-independent Internet portal driven by application software for information and content extraction and delivery. Subscribers to a wireless operator's service can capture information from a variety of sources and have it delivered, push or pull, to the device of their choice, including to their wireless handset, to a fax machine, to an email address See Internet address. , or to voice mail. The flexibility of Comverse's InfoPeeler enables wireless service providers to rapidly create innovative and unique information and content services portals tailored to individual subscribers or targeted subscriber groups using an intuitive, 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 . Comverse's InfoPeeler also enables subscribers to easily create and edit their own customized information profile through a self-provisioning capability. Subscribers, for example, can create their profile via the Internet using InfoPeeler's graphical browser profile interface, via their wireless handset using the WAP or SIM Toolkit mobile handset interface, or through a mobile-originated short message. About Comverse Network Systems Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT) and the world's leading supplier of enhanced services platforms to communication service providers, is headquartered in Wakefield, MA. Comverse's enhanced services platforms enable communications service providers to offer a range of revenue-generating multimedia messaging and 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. to business and residential users. These services include call answering, mailbox-to-mailbox messaging, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. (voice, fax, and email in a single mailbox), short text message service, cell broadcast service, interactive voice response, virtual phone/fax, Internet-based services such as Internet messaging and Internet call waiting Internet Call Waiting is a technology that allows you to accept incoming calls while connected to a 56k Internet dialup connection. While online, a software application displays users the Caller ID of the incoming call, and gives users the opportunity to screen the incoming , and next-generation Advanced Intelligent Network-based personal communications services See PCS. such as prepaid services, one-touch call return, personal number, call screening/caller introduction, mobile attendant, and speech-recognition-based services. Comverse Network Systems is the worldwide enhanced services platform market leader serving 300 service provider customers in more than 85 countries. For additional information, visit Comverse Network Systems' web site at http://www.comversens.com. About Comverse Technology Comverse Technology, Inc. is headquartered in Woodbury, New York Woodbury is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:
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