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 STA, the Andorran Telecommunications operator, has enhanced its triple play offering by deploying the Comverse IPTV solution.

"The deployment of IPTV services is part of a strategic move by STA to enrich our customer services and create long-term profitability," stated Jaume Salvat Font, CEO of STA. "We selected Comverse for their extensive expertise in IP technologies, in particular a deep understanding of IPTV and telecommunications from both the operator and subscriber perspective, and for excellence in integration of their applications with our existing system."

STA, currently the provider of fixed, mobile, data and value-added telecommunication services in the Principality of Andorra, is also a radio and television broadcaster, making the provision of IPTV services an ideal strategic move. Upon launch, STA's new triple play offering will include IPTV with MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 encoding, a Conditional Access System (CAS), and Digital Rights Management (DRM). These services will be delivered over STA's new fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network.

"STA is a longstanding customer of our messaging services and was an early adopter of our voicemail," commented Benny Einhorn, President of Comverse EMEA. "It has been exciting to work with them again in the flourishing area of IPTV."

About STA

The Andorran Telecommunications Service (STA) is constituted as a public law entity, with its own legal personality and autonomous organization.

STA's principal role is the management and exploitation, exclusively in Andorran territory, of telecommunications services in general - fixed telephones, mobile telephones, data transmission, Internet and other auxiliary or supplementary telecommunication services - including matters referring to international communications.

The Andorran Telecommunications Service is also responsible for managing the technical infrastructures and national broadcasting networks for radio and television, both analogue and digital (TDT, which has replaced the analogue service).

The STA was formed as a public company in 1975. The STA is governed and administered by a Board of Directors with full responsibility to the Government of Andorra for the management, direction and representation of the service, and the management, administration and disposal of its assets and resources. Today the STA has 240 employees.

About Comverse

Comverse is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based messaging and content value-added services, 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).

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