Faroese Telecom selects Comverse`s Total Communication environment

Issued by Sha-Izwe/CharlesSmithAssoc for Comverse
Johannesburg, 18 Feb 2005

Comverse has been contracted to supply solutions from its Total Communication environment to Faroese Telecom in the Faroe Islands.

The solutions include enhancements to the carrier`s Prepaid Billing system, Multimedia Messaging Service Centre (MMSC), Mobile Data Gateway (MDG), Real-Time Data Billing (RTDB) and ImPact Call Completion and Call Management solutions, including the Who Called missed call notification service.

The Comverse Total Communication environment includes a wide range of network-based value-added services, which enable operators to provide subscribers with a feature-rich service, offering an easy-to-use environment, regardless of network type (wireline; wireless: 2G, 2.5G, 3G) or payment plan (prepaid, postpaid).

"Faroese Telecom recognises the benefit of bundled services. Comverse`s Total Communication environment presents a strong business case with call completion services that will potentially enable greater traffic and revenues, while it provides advanced, messaging and data services," said Andras R'oin, CEO of Faroese Telecom.

"Comverse`s Total Communication environment enables innovative operators like Faroese Telecom to deploy a wider variety of services even faster, which gives them a real competitive-edge," said Giuseppe Elli, president of Comverse Europe.

The solution provides a range of value-added messaging and real-time communication services that share a common user experience, can be billed in real-time, and are accessible through a variety of media. The Comverse Total Communication environment includes the next generation InSight environment, the revenue generating ImPact Services suite, a wide variety of total messaging services, real-time billing services (prepaid and postpaid), service-enabling infrastructure components and support services.

Faroese Telecom

In business for nearly a century, Faroese Telecom is the incumbent telco in the Faroe Islands, and enjoys a highly-advanced telecommunications infrastructure. Building upon its extensive telecommunications network, including fixed, mobile and ADSL, Faroese Telecom has combined these networks with its DTT system, and association with an innovative Faroese IT company, to offer unprecedented cross-media services. Faroese Telecom`s GSM platform is upgraded with GPRS and EDGE functionality (from LM Ericsson) and Faroese Telecom is now offering state-of-the art services on all aspects.

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 e-mail in a single mailbox), 2.5G/3G multimedia messaging (MMS), instant communications, wireless information and entertainment services, voice-controlled dialling, 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.

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