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Five Eastern European Mobile Operators Select Comverse Multimedia Messaging Service Center

MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004--
Comverse Strengthens Its Global MMS Position Through Agreements With Kyivstar/ Ukraine, Telekom Serbja/Serbia, Mobi's/Bosnia, Bakcell/Azerbaijhan And K-Mobile/Kazakhstan

Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMVT), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication services, today announced that five Eastern European mobile operators, Kyivstar/Ukraine, Telekom Serbja/Serbia, Mobi's/Bosnia, Bakcell/Azerbaijhan and K-Mobile/Kazakhstan recently have selected the Comverse MMSC for commercial deployment.

Raphi Charit, Comverse VP for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said, "Comverse MMSC provides mobile operators with a comprehensive and quickly deployable MMSC solution, featuring high-flexibility to integrate MMS applications and launch new MMS services, while contributing to greater user acceptance through uncompromised interoperability and a superb user experience."

Comverse MMS solutions will be showcased at Sviaz 2004, Moscow, Russia. Participants visiting Sviaz 2004, May 11-16 are invited to visit the Comverse stand 1375 to learn more about the Comverse MMSC.

About the Comverse MMSC

Comverse Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) is a scalable telco-grade system, fully compliant with 3GPP MMS standards, for person-to-person as well as application-to-person messaging of rich multimedia content. Built on the eXtensible Messaging Framework (XMF) and based on components of the Comverse InSight Platform, the Comverse MMSC delivers advanced features and functionality on a configurable, open and flexible platform. Comverse MMSC advanced transcoding capabilities and rules-based XMF deliver superior MMS terminal interoperability. Successfully deployed commercially throughout the world, Comverse MMSC is the choice of more and more service providers.

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 communication 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. 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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