IPeria and Comverse Work Together to Deliver VoiceXML Solutions to Telecommunication Providers.Business Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2003 IPeria Inc., announced it has joined the application partner program of 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. The agreement partners IPeria's VoiceXML applications with Comverse's open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced Media Server. Under the agreement, the VoiceXML-based communication applications will be certified with the Comverse Media Server and will be offered to telecommunications providers by Comverse. "Our relationship with Comverse strengthens IPeria's position in the communications market, by aligning us with the world leader in enhanced communications services solutions," said Rob Scott Robert Scott (born 15 August 1973 in Epsom) is an English football defender who currently plays for Halifax Town. Clubs
mix of features, technology and field-proven capabilities." "The combination of the two companies supporting VoiceXML and SIP standards confirms Comverse's commitment to open standards and creates new features and revenue-generating opportunities for our customers. We welcome IPeria to our partner program and look forward to working together," said Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer of Comverse. IPeria's application development team provides a variety of communications applications. These applications services are valuable in both legacy and NextGen telephone systems. IPeria provides communication applications with an open architecture that provides interoperability with shared resources and systems. This combination brings new efficiency and ease of use to personal and business communications. IPeria's applications are a scalable suite of architecturally open, standards-based voice communications applications designed to enable carriers to deliver compelling and profitable services to subscribers. Carriers can immediately differentiate their service offerings and gain new ways to win and hold subscribers. Subscribers receive a set of productivity-enhancing features that speed and enhance their daily communications. About IPeria IPeria is one of the market leaders in advanced communication applications based upon SIP, VoiceXML, and Open Standards. IPeria's application software offers a distinctive value proposition: a suite of communication applications plus an open architecture that provides interoperability with shared resources and systems. This combination brings new efficiency and ease of use to personal and business communications. Please contact Peter Charland, Vice President, at 781-238-8610, or visit us on the Web at http://www.iperia.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 A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. 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. These include call answering with one-touch call return, short messaging See SMS. services, IP-based 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), 2.5G/3G multimedia messaging (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. ), 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. |
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