WOODBURY, New York, United States—Wireless messaging company Comverse announced several major China Mobile operators have deployed its prepaid short message service (SMS) product."This prepaid SMS success is a major milestone for our growth in China," said Zeev Bregman, the company's chief executive officer. "It...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc., which sells wireless messaging systems, announced third-quarter results that were in line with expectations and, as anticipated, announced a round of layoffs to cut costs.The company's net income was $20 million, compared with $68 million during the same quarter last...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., said it deployed its Intelligent Network-based prepaid solution to VimpelCom, one of Russia's main wireless carriers.Comverse said the prepaid solution will allow VimpelCom to efficiently provide wireless prepaid services to its GSM network subscribers.
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse Technology agreed to provide NEC System Integration & Construction (NECSIC)with network communications products in Japan."When selecting a system integration partner, Comverse was a natural fit allowing NESIC to more rapidly integrate their solutions, while providing customers with the high-quality...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its unified messaging solution to Portugal's Vodafone, a mobile operator that has 2.6 million cellular customers and holds 35 percent of the market share in the country.Comverse's solution gives consumers a "one-stop" communications account with which they...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology says it has agreed to provide NEC System Integration & Construction Ltd. with network communications products in Japan."When selecting a system integration partner, Comverse was a natural fit allowing NESIC to more rapidly integrate their solutions, while providing customers with the...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, announced T-Mobile International's wireless German subsidiary, T-Mobil, selected the company's voice portal to deliver a range of voice-activated commercial services.Using the system, T-Mobil customers will be able to place calls and manage their personal...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc. said it will collaborate with Qualcomm Inc. to bring enhanced wireless services, such as multimedia messaging, voice solutions and mobile Internet solutions, to Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless-enabled devices."As a result, users worldwide will get a next-generation user experience—one that...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Two new deals show voice-driven wireless services are becoming more and more popular within the industry.First, Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced T-Mobile International's wireless German subsidiary, T-Mobil, selected the company's voice portal in order to deliver a range of voice-activated...
WOODBURY, New York—Taiwan Cellular Corporation (TCC) selected Comverse to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center to Taiwan Cellular's 6.4 million subscribers."Our agreement with TCC underscores the expansion of Comverse's enhanced services market success in the Asia-Pacific region, including SMS," said Zeev Bregman, chief...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Taiwan Cellular Corp. selected Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center to Taiwan Cellular's 6.4 million subscribers."Our agreement with TCC underscores the expansion of Comverse's enhanced services market success in the Asia-Pacific region, including SMS,"...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—A broad spectrum of technology companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., Comverse Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Philips Speech Processing and SpeechWorks International Inc., have agreed to form a forum to develop a platform-free standard for multi-modal and telephony-enabled access to information, applications...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Enhanced messaging company Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced the sale of its Intelligent Short Message Service Center to two South American wireless carriers, news that comes just a day after Merrill Lynch downgraded its expectations for the company, sending Comverse's...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center solution (ISMSC) to Argentina's Telecom personal GSM network."The ability to seamlessly integrate our current feature functionality and services in our existing TDMA network to the new GSM network was a key...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse's multimedia messaging service over its GPRS network.Comverse's announcement comes a week after the company released the results of a study it conducted to determine user interest in multimedia messaging services. The company...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse's multimedia messaging service over its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network.Comverse's announcement comes a week after the company released the results of a study it conducted to determine user interest...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company's flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market.Bitfone said its product allows users to send multimedia content using pictures and animations stored on a carrier's database, or users can wirelessly access...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., released the results of a study the company conducted to determine subscriber interest in 2.5- and third-generation multimedia messaging services.The research revealed a strong desire among business, residential and young subscribers to access multimedia services, including...
NEW YORK-Shares in Comverse Technology Inc. were down almost 35 percent, falling $13.27 per share to $25.75, after the company last week warned of reduced profits due to a slowing worldwide economy.Comverse said it anticipates sales for its second quarter of this year to...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-South African carrier Vodacom, part of the Vodafone Group, selected Comverse to provide its 5 million-customer base with call-return service, which allows users to easily return voicemail calls."Vodacom's Callback represents another useful service that Comverse has added to its current voicemail boxes, which...
NEW YORK-A group of seven network infrastructure and software systems developers have joined forces in what they are calling an "initiative" to explain and promote multimedia messaging service in advance of commercial product availability starting late this year.Participating in the alliance are CMG Wireless...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced its Intelligent Short Message Service Center (ISMSC) was selected by Airtel Mobil, a mobile operator in Spain and part of the Vodafone Group.Airtel will implement Comverse's short message service solutions, which is based on a...
ATLANTA-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., demonstrated its Picture Messaging solution using Java technology-based mobile devices last week at Supercomm. According to Comverse, its Picture Messaging application, which is capable of running on second-generation networks, allows users to create, send and forward full-color...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., has been authorized by the Ministry of Information and Industry to sell voice mail and short message service technologies to service providers in China.Six Chinese mobile operators including Guangdong Mobile, Shanghai Mobile, Liaoning Mobile, Hei Longjiang...
