CMVT Provides Mobile Data Applications To Hubei Mobile Communications Company
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Tuesday January 30, 8:07 am Eastern Time
Press Release
Comverse Provides Mobile Data Applications To Hubei Mobile Communications Company
WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2001--Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMVT - news), and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based enhanced services, announced today they have signed an agreement with Hubei Mobile Communications Company (HB MCC) to provide the network with a comprehensive mobile data application platform.
Under the terms of the agreement, Comverse will provide short messaging services (SMS). HB MCC's mobile subscribers will receive new value-added services such as text messaging, and information services such as stock transactions, weather information and flight scheduling.
``We chose Comverse because it is the leading global value-added services company,'' said Meng Dali, General Manager of HB MCC. ``As China enters the World Trade Organization later this year, we are especially pleased to establish a long-term partnership with Comverse and hope to take advantage of their global experience in delivering enhanced services. We believe that our cooperation with Comverse will enable HB MCC to be a pioneer in offering communications services to the Hubei Province mobile market.''
With a customer base of 2 million subscribers, HB MCC is one of the largest provincial mobile operators in China. HB MCC is a subsidiary of the China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), one of the largest mobile operators in the world.
``We are delighted that HB MCC has chosen our technology for their mobile data applications,'' said Zeev Bregman, Chief Executive Officer of Comverse Network Systems.
``Enabling new mobile data applications, such as using Comverse's open SMS platform, helps to enrich the services that HB MCC provides, resulting in increased revenue and strengthening customer loyalty.''
Comverse has been operating in China since 1993 with headquarters in Hong Kong. The company has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with two R&D centres in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
About HB MCC Mobile Communications Company
With a subscriber base of 2 million, HB MCC is one of the largest mobile operators in China. It provides mobile voice, data, IP telephony and multimedia services. Additionally, HB MCC has recently been given authority to provide international networking services.
About China Mobile Communications Group
China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) is a state owned company providing mobile telephone service and value added services in China. It has more than 45 million GSM subscribers representing 95 per cent of China's mobile communications market. It is the largest mobile service provider in China.
CMCC developed from the Mobile Communications Bureau (MCB) of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), which managed the state-owned mobile communications service business in China. As part of the process of economic reform and development of market economy, MPT was restructured to become the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) in late 1998. The MCB was spun off as CMCC.
About Comverse Network Systems
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About Comverse Technology, Inc.
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