Comverse Selected To Enable Scalable ISMSC Solutions For Swedish GSM Carrier, Tele2.Business Editors 3GSM World Congress 2001 CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 -- Tele2 Gains Capacity And Achieves Redundancy While Protecting Their Investment -- Visit The Comverse Booth At The 3GSM World Congress Cannes, February 20-23 - Stand D10 Comverse (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 ), the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services, announced today the deployment and recent expansion of the Comverse ISMSC ISMSC Infinity Short Message Service Center (Sprint PCS) (Intelligent Short Messaging See SMS. Solution) for Tele2, one of the leading GSM operators in Sweden. Tele2 offers services in Sweden under two brands: Tele2Mobil, focused on the business market, and Comviq GSM, aimed at the general consumer market. The Tele2 network offers a wide variety of 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. solutions to its nearly two million subscribers, including mobile-originated (MO) services such as person-to-person messaging and SMS to email, as well as application-driven mobile-terminated (MT) services. "Mobile-originated SMS is an important source of revenues for Tele2, and SMS usage is continuing to grow at a very fast rate. The ISMSC solution from Comverse allows us to configure our multiple SMSCs as a unified SMS system with load-shared capacity," explained Alexander Pigall, System Engineer of Tele2. "With Comverse's ISMSC we can accommodate much higher SMS traffic and ensure the availability of all SMS services. In general, about 1.8 million SMS messages SMS message SMS n → (message m) SMS m are sent every day over our network, with Comverse's equipment responsible for the majority of this traffic." Comverse ISMSC is a highly scalable SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic solution that handles all the SMS traffic, including to other vendor SMSCs, and allows operators to be ready for the explosive growth in SMS traffic and multimedia short messaging in 2.5G and 3G networks. "We see the ISMSC as an ideal solution for operators because it serves current and future SMSC needs," said Zeev Bregman, Chief Executive Officer of Comverse. "As innovative network operators such as Tele2 strive to maximize the opportunities created by the demand for wireless data services, Comverse delivers SMSC capacity that can be increased incrementally. The ISMSC solution offers next-generation SMS services that enhance operator profitability and subscriber satisfaction." About Tele2 Tele2 AB, the second largest GSM operator in Sweden, offers services in Sweden under two brands: Tele2Mobil, focused on the business market, and Comviq GSM, aimed at the general consumer market. Both brands are positioned as customer-driven price leaders in their respective markets. Tele2 has grown rapidly, expanding from about 400,000 mobile subscribers in Q3/1996 to almost 2 million subscribers in Q3/2000. Tele2 is a subsidiary of NetCom AB, a leading provider of telecommunications services in Europe serving approximately 11 million customers in 20 countries. About Comverse 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:CMVT) is the world's leading provider of software and sytems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services in over 350 customers in more than 100 countries. Comverse provides a wide range of solutions enabling 3G-ready multimedia messaging, multi-protocol mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. platforms, wireless data and short messaging services, speech-controlled portal, wireless prepaid services, interactive voice response and other personal communications services See PCS. . Other Comverse Technology business units include: Comverse Infosys which provides multiple channel, multlmedia digital recording, logging, and quality monitoring systems marketing to call centers, financial institutions and law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). ; and Ulticom, a leadinfg provider of network signaling software for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications services. 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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