P&TLuxembourg Selects Comverse IP-based and Fixed-Mobile Converged Communication Solutions

Luxembourg’s Incumbent Fixed, Mobile and Internet Operator will Launch Converged Multimedia Services for Consumers and Enterprises

New Delhi, October 24th 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 P&TLuxembourg, the country’s incumbent fixed telephony, mobile telephony and internet provider, has chosen Comverse to enable a full range of IP-based residential, business and fixed-mobile converged (FMC) communication services.

“P&TLuxembourg is embarking on an ambitious service deployment project that will take us into the future with the tools to attract business and residential subscribers, while creating alternative revenue streams for our company,” said Georges Klosen, Head of Fixed Technologies and Services of P&TLuxembourg. “We chose Comverse for their IP communications knowledge, proven expertise, innovative technologies and forward-thinking vision for emerging communications markets. The deployment of IP-based communication services with fixed-mobile convergence capabilities is strategic for our company.”

Comverse Converged IP Communications solutions will enable P&TLuxembourg to deliver a full range of multimedia fixed and mobile communication services to consumer and enterprise subscribers on the same Service Delivery Platform. The flexibility of the services, their interactivity and the rich applications environment allows for the creation of customized service bundles, thereby opening up new sources of revenue. Service usage can be increased by offering cross-domain services, such as communication and messaging. By deploying all the services on a single, open IMS-compliant platform, P&TLuxembourg also enjoys operational efficiencies.

“Comverse has placed significant resources in building a technically advanced, high-performance, flexible solution portfolio that enables operators to deploy both residential and enterprise services on the same platform with fixed-mobile convergence capabilities,” stated Yaron Tchwella, President of Comverse. “Comverse enables operators to deploy the services step-by-step, according to market demands and subscriber requirements, enabling operators to manage growth and expenditure. P&TLuxembourg will be reaping the benefits of our worldwide footprint and long-term deployment experience, while leveraging FMC for many new revenue possibilities.”

About P&TLuxembourg
P&TLuxembourg is the leading provider of postal and telecommunication services in Luxembourg. In the telecommunications area, P&TLuxembourg runs both fixed and mobile networks providing a full range of voice and data services. P&TLuxembourg is also the leading Internet Service Provider. In order to respond to the increased demand in IP connectivity, Security, Housing, Hosting, P&TLuxembourg recently announced the expansion of its international TERALINK broadband network (www.teralink.lu) and implemented its third DataCenter (www.ebrc.lu). With its length of more than 4,000 km fiber and comprising 13 Points of Presence in six countries of the European Union, TERALINK provides a transmission band of up to 88 X 40 Gbit/s (3,5 Terabit/s). In the near future P&TLuxembourg will launch other broadband applications like IPTV for a fully Quadruple Play Service Offer.

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.

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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.

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