(openPR) - Commercial and Residential Subscribers Benefit from Advanced Personalization and Multiple Identities Features

New Delhi, 20th November 2007--Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that Brazilian telecommunications provider, Sercomtel, has launched the Comverse Real-Time Billing Solution (RTBS) for its GSM and fixed line subscribers.
Control on spending has become a paramount concern for both our commercial and residential subscribers,” said Wanderley Rezende Neiva, Network Director of Sercomtel. “The Comverse solution provides us with a real-time view of prepaid subscribers’ activity, enabling effective credit control. At the same time, we use that information to respond with an immediate and personalized marketing approach to encourage service uptake.”

The Comverse Real-Time Billing Solution provides operators with the ability to offer customized and flexible service packages for targeted market segments, such as families and enterprises. Subscribers can effectively manage, separate and easily switch between their various mobile identities and between multiple accounts, all with a single phone number and handset.

“Our Real-Time Billing Solution is well-suited for the Latin American telecom landscape as it offers robust and sophisticated features for both commercial and residential subscribers. Families can enjoy group discounts and budgetary control, while the business sector can greatly benefit from risk and account management functionalities and personalized accounts bundled with VPN (Virtual Private Network) services,” commented Ramesh Barasia, President of Comverse Americas.

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About Sercomtel
Sercomtel is a leading mobile telecom operator in Brazil. Sercomtel has been introducing advanced telecommunications technology to the Brazilian market, since 1968 with Fixed-Line services. Sercomtel launched Cellular AMPS services in 1992 and deployed their TDMA digital network in 1996 and the total digitalization of its fixed telecom services, up to its expansion to GSM networks. Sercomtel offers cellular and fixed services to their subscribers and is looking into IP Services through the acquisition of a NGM/IMS platform.

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 CommunicationSM portfolio facilitates personalized lifestyles in an evolving connected world and is based on the holistic InSight™ 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.