Comverse Showcases Total Communication At ITU Telecom World 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. Telecom World 2003 October 12-18 Hall 1, USA Pavilion, stand no. 1230.317 WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003 Comverse Total Communication Portfolio And InSight Platform Provide 4 Key Elements Of A Next Generation Value Added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. Services Environment - Architecture, Services, Multimodal Two or more modes of operation. The term is used to refer to a myriad of functions and conditions in which two or more different methods, processes or forms of delivery are used. On the Web, it refers to asking for something one way and receiving the answer another; for example requesting User Experience And Real-Time Billing 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 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 software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communications services, today announced that its Total Communication portfolio will be showcased at ITU Telecom World 2003. Total Communication delivers a richer service offering and superior user experience that is designed to enable service providers to enjoy increases in usage and revenues. Attendees at ITU Telecom World 2003, October 12-18 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, are invited to visit the Comverse stand (Hall 1, USA Pavilion, stand no.1230.317) to discover and explore Total Communication. Total Communication creates a world where people enjoy a full range of value-added services that have a common intuitive user experience, can be billed in real-time, and can be accessed via any media. Total Communication means people are free to communicate - at any given moment - in the most appropriate and convenient way, moving seamlessly between services, technologies and interaction modes. Comverse Total Communication portfolio and InSight platform provides four key elements of a next generation value-added services environment including: Architecture: Comverse's InSight environment transforms the Total Communication vision into reality. InSight features an open IP-based modular architecture, a range of attractive Comverse and third-party services and a multimodal user experience - all empowering Total Communication. Leveraging new technologies such as 3G and WiFi, InSight is designed to help service providers reduce operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , capital expenditure, and time-to-market. Multimodal User Experience: An enhanced multimodal user interface, common to all services, promotes a cohesive user experience that encourages service adoption and usage. This intuitive interface enables subscribers to move easily between different modes of interaction - from visual to voice - 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. changes in circumstances, context or user preference. Real-Time Billing: The Comverse Real-Time Billing and Prepaid Solution is an important element of the Total Communication solution. This product provides real-time billing for voice and data services, and offers a converged billing approach appropriate for both prepaid and postpaid users. For operators, this real-time solution offers the potential for both increased revenues through innovative features and reduced costs through the application of credit limits for all users. Services: Total Communication includes a full suite of messaging, communication and infotainment services from Comverse and third parties. At ITU Telecom World 2003 in Geneva, Comverse will showcase its commitment to lead the industry toward Total Communication. At a large and dynamic booth containing 10 demo stations, Comverse will demonstrate a full array of products and services - both current and future - that promote Total Communication. Sample Comverse demos include: Total Communication over WiFi - MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. over WiFi/SIP: Multimedia Messaging Service See MMS. (MMS) allows mobile device users to send and receive messages with a rich combination of media elements: text, image, sound and video. Comverse WiFi solutions, such as MMS over WiFi, are "network aware" and provide seamless roaming and service continuity between mobile, wireline and WiFi networks. With Comverse WiFi services, carriers can deliver mobile or wireline network-based services to WiFi users, creating convergence today. Video Services - Video Call Answering: Video Call Answering (VCA VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier VCA Victorian College of the Arts (Australia) VCA Vehicle Certification Agency (UK) VCA Veiligheids Checklist Aannemers ) ensures that all video calls are answered, even when the called party is busy, out of 3G coverage, or simply not available. In all these cases, video calls are diverted to VCA. VCA eliminates the need to stop the call and then send a message, or downgrade the communication mode to voice only. Recipients get every video message, accessible from their mailbox by phone or PC, just like voice or email messages. IP Multimedia Subsystems (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. ) Services - Push to Show over IMS: Push to Show video transmission between individuals and groups elevates walkie-talkie-style communications to a new level. Based on an attractive user interface - an information-rich visual buddy list A list of colleagues, workgroup members, friends, etc., that you might wish to communicate with via instant messaging. See instant messaging. enriched with presence - Push to Show pushes live "bursting" IP streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. to all selected parties. Multimodality - Multimodal 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. (VVM VVM Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC) VVM Vaccine Vial Monitor (medical) VVM Vereniging van Milieukundigen VVM Validation and Verification Manual VVM Van de Venter Mojapelo ) over WiFi: Visual Voicemail (VVM) creates a PC-like visual interface on mobile handsets that lets subscribers easily browse and manipulate their voice mailbox. The multimodal user interface allows users to switch between applications in the same session, enabling them to accomplish more tasks in fewer steps. Multimodality gives users the freedom to interact with their telephony service in the way that best suits the situation at hand, thereby increasing customer loyalty. Real-Time Billing - Converged Prepaid and Postpaid: Comverse Real-Time Billing and Prepaid Solution delivers dynamic control of telephony services: real-time rating, converged billing and account information that can be used to enhance performance and usage of third-party services. Using the latest Intelligent Network (IN) technologies and standards, the system manages many millions of active customer accounts simultaneously, authorizing in real-time every user request for voice and data services, and imposing credit limits on accounts (both prepaid and postpaid). Advanced Communication Services - .NET Voicemail Alerts: Voicemail Alerts increase the value of fixed-line voicemail by delivering immediate information-rich alerts to Web-connected devices. A PC user at work, for example, will know at once of voicemail messages received at home. The alerts offer expanded options for accessing those messages on a range of devices, including the desktop PC. Comverse Voicemail Alerts will also be demonstrated at the Microsoft stand located in Hall 4, stand no. 4100. Call Completion Services - Who Called, Notify Me, Fun Dial, PromoNote: Comverse's ImPact suite of services includes Call Completion Services such as: -- Who Called - notification of calls missed while the called party was unreachable -- Notify Me - notification to the calling party when the called party becomes reachable -- Fun Dial - turns standard system "ringback tones," such as ringing and busy signals, into new sources of personalization and operator income -- PromoNote - utilizes "blank" space after 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. notifications for promotional messages In addition, Comverse's complete portfolio of products and services will be demonstrated in our booth. 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), instant communications, wireless information and entertainment services, voice-controlled dialing, messaging and browsing, prepaid wireless services, and additional 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. . 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). Note: This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and estimates. 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