CMVT Network Systems Division selected to supply Deutsche Telekom.
For the record, here is a copy of the April 6, 1998 Press Release.
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Monday April 6, 8:05 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Comverse Technology's Network Systems Division Selected to Supply
Enhanced Services Platforms for Voice/Fax Mail in Deutsche Telekom's
Nationwide Wireline Network
WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse
Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT - news), and the world's leading supplier of enhanced services platforms to
telecommunications network operators, today announced it has been selected by Deutsche Telekom to supply systems for
voice/fax mail services to be deployed throughout Germany's wireline network.
Terms were not disclosed.
Deutsche Telekom, Europe's largest telecommunications company and the world's third largest network operator, plans to
offer voice/fax mail throughout its nationwide T-Net wireline network. Included in the expected service offering is a family
mailbox option, in which multiple household members who share a single phone number can each have a personal, private
mailbox.
Knut Dethlefsen, Project Manager, T-Net Box at Deutsche Telekom, said, ''Comverse has an unparalleled reputation for
system reliability and capacity, and superior service creation tools. Comverse's position as the market leader, and their
commitment to continuous advancement of system performance and functionality, as evidenced by their more than $100 million
annual investment in research and development, gives us confidence that we have selected a supplier who will be able to deliver
state-of-the-art enhanced services solutions for years to come.''
''We are very pleased to have been selected by Deutsche Telekom's wireline network to supply enhanced services platforms
for their messaging services,'' said Kobi Alexander, chairman, president and CEO of Comverse Technology. ''Our platforms
have set the industry standard for capacity, scalability and reliability, and enable network operators to quickly and
cost-effectively deliver customized enhanced services to their subscribers.''
Comverse Network Systems' Access NP(R) and TRILOGUE(R) INfinity(TM) lines of enhanced services platforms enable
wireline and wireless telecommunications network operators to offer a range of revenue-generating multimedia messaging and
information services to business and residential users. These services include call answering, voice/fax mail, audiotex,
fax-on-demand, interactive voice response, short text message service, virtual phone/fax, and next-generation Advanced
Intelligent Network-based personal communications services such as personal number, pre-paid services, one-touch call
return, call screening/caller introduction, mobile attendant and voice dialing. Comverse Network Systems is the worldwide
enhanced services platform market leader serving over 250 network operator customers in more than 65 countries.
Through its Comverse Information Systems division, Comverse Technology provides digital monitoring systems marketed to
law enforcement and intelligence agencies under the name AUDIODISK(R) and digital recording systems marketed to call
centers, financial institutions and other organizations under the name ULTRA(TM). For additional information, you may visit
Comverse Network Systems' WEB site at comversens.com or Comverse Technology's WEB site at
comverse.com.
Contact:
Comverse Technology, Inc.
Paul D. Baker, 516/677-7200
or
Comverse Network Systems, Inc.
Lynne Dacey, 781/246-9000 |
