Comverse Push-To-Talk Offering Available Over CDMA/1X And GPRS Networks; Comverse Push-To-Talk Solution For CDMA/1X And GPRS Networks To Be Demonstrated At CTIA Wireless 2003.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CTIA Wireless 2003

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003

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 that its Push-to-Talk solution for CDMA/1X and GPRS networks will be demonstrated at the Comverse booth (2245) at CTIA Wireless 2003, March 17-19, in New Orleans. The solution leverages the capabilities of existing 2.5/3G networks and supports full interoperability across all networks, including iDEN.

Push-to-Talk adds walkie-talkie and radio dispatcher capabilities to cellular telephony. Users can highlight a single name (or a group of up to 100 participants) from the contact list, then push the talk button and start talking -- no dialing, no waiting for answers. With real-time intrusive (bursting) and a non-intrusive (invitation to join) modes, Comverse Push-to-Talk is ideal for enterprise applications, fun for the youth market and practical for the family sector.

Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer of Comverse, said, "Push-to-Talk carries voice over data channels, which makes it cost effective for operators and consumers and also makes possible an exciting user experience. A standards-based solution that is fully interoperable with other networks, Push-to-Talk is ideal for roaming. Comverse Push-to-Talk is advanced, not only in market readiness, but also in performance. Comverse's solution has a very short set up time and latency which are critical in order to support a walkie-talkie like service and gives the user the real time, conversational experience with no noticeable delay."

Push-to-Talk is an element of the Comverse Total Communication experience in which the user moves naturally between services, technologies and communication modes -- data and voice, real-time and non-real-time, one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many -- by means of a consistent intuitive interface.

The Comverse Push-to-Talk Solution is the result of a collaboration with Mobile Tornado.

About Push-To-Talk

Push-to-Talk IPRS (IP Radio Service) always-on instantaneous communication technology enables one-to-one and one-to-many, two-way voice and data sessions that do not require dial-up -- subscribers push a button and just begin speaking. Comverse Push-to-Talk operates on standard networks and enabled devices. The attractive visual user interface features a contact list integrating presence status icons that reflect various availability options selected by users.

About Mobile Tornado

Mobile Tornado develops integrated voice and data solutions that are accelerating the deployment of data services over current wireless networks and devices. The company's core technologies are transforming existing mobile communications from providing limited, separate voice and data functionality, to powerful, ubiquitous systems capable of delivering multiple mobile services simultaneously. The flagship IPRS (IP Radio Service) technology enables instantaneous voice interaction with unlimited international and roaming capabilities over 2.5/3G networks. An additional solution, the MT Platform(TM), enables integrating unique voice functionality into existing mobile Internet applications. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.mobiletornado.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 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: 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. For additional information, visit the Comverse web site at http://www.comverse.com.

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

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