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To: NotNeiderhoffer who wrote (404)	4/7/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: Mark Ambrose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1331

CMVT Network Systems Division selected to supply Deutsche Telekom. For the record, here is a copy of the April 6, 1998 Press Release. biz.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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