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Comverse Messaging PC Client Bridges Mobile and Internet Environments for Kyivstar Users
WAKEFIELD, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Kyivstar, the largest mobile operator in Ukraine with more than 23 million subscribers, has launched the Comverse Messaging PC Client service, incorporating technology from TeleMessage, a provider of cross-platform media messaging management systems and applications. Kyivstar is now the first operator in this region to enable its subscribers to create and send MMS and SMS messages conveniently from a PC.
Comverse Messaging PC Client meets the needs and lifestyles of mobile customers who are also frequent PC users by integrating mobile messaging seamlessly with two of the most commonly used PC activities: emailing and Web browsing. By prominently positioning a "Send SMS & MMS" button on the toolbar at the top of the screen, the service makes it easy and appealing for PC users to compose messages and enhance them with pictures and video clips. Moreover, constant visibility on the toolbar of popular PC applications is an effective way to boost brand and service awareness.
"The success of this service at Kyivstar proves how easy and useful it is for people to send user-generated and other content via SMS and MMS while sitting at their keyboards," said John Bunyan, Comverse Chief Marketing Officer. "Actual usage has exceeded expectations. Within two months of service launch, tens of thousands of Kyivstar subscribers downloaded the Comverse Messaging PC Client and sent more than half a million SMS and MMS messages from their computers. This demonstrates how Comverse helps innovative and responsive operators broaden their reach beyond traditional boundaries to increase user satisfaction, extend corporate branding, and ramp up MMS and SMS traffic to boost ARPU."
About Kyivstar
The national mobile communications operator Kyivstar provides services for more than 23 million subscribers, covering territories where more than 99.9% of Ukrainian population lives. Kyivstar network covers all the cities and towns and more than 28 thousand rural settlements, all main national and regional roads, most of the sea and river shores of Ukraine. Kyivstar provides GPRS services all over its coverage territory in Ukraine. Also the company provides international GPRS-roaming services in 113 countries and territories. In total for contract subscribers Kyivstar provides roaming services in 184 countries and territories on five continents. Kyivstar provides Ukrainian people with modern telecommunication technologies at affordable prices. www.kyivstar.net
About Comverse
Comverse is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based messaging and content value-added services, prepaid, postpaid and converged billing and IP communications. Comverse solutions generate revenues, strengthen customer loyalty and improve operational efficiency for over 500 communication service providers in more than 130 countries. The company's Total Communication(SM) portfolio facilitates personalized lifestyles in an evolving connected world and is based on the InSight(TM) Open Services Environment. Comverse's solutions support flexible deployment models, including in-network, hosted and managed services, and can run on circuit-switched, VoIP, IMS and converged network environments. Comverse is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (CMVT.PK). For more information, visit www.comverse.com.
All product and company names mentioned herein may be registered trademarks or trademarks of Comverse or the respective referenced company(s).
This release contains "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurances that any forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and estimates. Important factors that could affect Comverse include: the results of the investigation of the Special Committee, of the Board of Directors concluded on January 28, 2008, of matters relating to Comverse's stock option grant practices and other accounting matters; the impact of any restatement of financial statements of Comverse or other actions that may be taken or required as a result of such investigation or as result of Comverse's VSOE evaluation; Comverse's inability to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission; the effects of the delisting of Comverse's Common Stock from NASDAQ and the quotation of Comverse's Common Stock in the "Pink Sheets," including any adverse effects relating to the trading of the stock due to, among other things, the absence of market makers; risks relating to Comverse's ability to relist its Common Stock on NASDAQ; risks relating to alleged defaults under Comverse's ZYPS indentures, including acceleration of repayment; risks of litigation (including the pending securities class action and derivative lawsuits and any potential civil injunctive action by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and of governmental investigations or proceedings arising out of or related to Comverse's stock option practices or any other accounting irregularities or any restatement of the financial statements of Comverse, including the direct and indirect costs of such investigations and restatement; changes in the demand for Comverse's products; changes in capital spending among Comverse's current and prospective customers; the risks associated with the sale of large, complex, high capacity systems and with new product introductions as well as the uncertainty of customer acceptance of these new or enhanced products from either Comverse or its competition; risks associated with rapidly changing technology and the ability of Comverse to introduce new products on a timely and cost-effective basis; aggressive competition may force Comverse to reduce prices; a failure to compensate any decrease in the sale of Comverse's traditional products with a corresponding increase in sales of new products; risks associated with changes in the competitive or regulatory environment in which Comverse operates; risks associated with prosecuting or defending allegations or claims of infringement of intellectual property rights; risks associated with significant foreign operations and international sales and investment activities, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, investments in auction rate securities, interest rates, and valuations of public and private equity; the volatility of macroeconomic and industry conditions and the international marketplace; the risk of declines in information technology spending; risks associated with Comverse's ability to retain existing personnel and recruit and retain qualified personnel. Comverse undertakes no commitment to update or revise forward-looking statements except as required by law.
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