Voicemail Messages Appear in iPhone's Inbox

WAKEFIELD, Mass., May 11, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vodacom, South
Africa's leading mobile operator with 25 million subscribers, has
launched the nation's first visual voicemail service, powered by
Comverse and available to iPhone users.

Visual voicemail makes voicemail more convenient and attractive for
users, who no longer need to dial in for their messages. Instead, a
glance at the phone's inbox shows all relevant information about a
message, such as date, time, sender and length. The user then clicks on
any message to hear it and can listen to messages in any order.

By using visual voicemail, recipients retrieve voice messages quicker
and are more likely to return calls. Callers also are encouraged to
leave more messages because they realize their messages tend to be
heard immediately. With more messages being deposited and more calls
returned, operators maximize the revenue potential of visual voicemail.

"Being the first in the country to launch visual voicemail underscores
Vodacom's standing as an innovation leader," said Dror Bin, President
of Global Sales at Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software
and systems enabling value-added messaging and content services,
converged billing and active customer management, and IP
communications.

"With this service launch in South Africa, visual voicemail has now
expanded its presence and popularity to key regions around the world,"
Bin said. "We are proud of Comverse's leading role in making visual
voicemail the global next-generation voicemail standard."

With more than two thirds of commercial launches worldwide, Comverse is
the visual voicemail market leader. Comverse Visual Voicemail is part
of the Comverse HUB Value-Added Services, which spans voice, messaging,
mobile Internet and mobile advertising. Comverse HUB is a synergistic
framework that enables service providers to maximize their business
performance and augment their position in the market.

About Vodacom

Vodacom is a leading African communications group providing mobile
communications and related services to more than 25 million customers.
Its mobile network covers a total population of approximately 182
million people across five countries: South Africa, Tanzania, the DRC,
Lesotho and Mozambique.

About Comverse

Comverse(R) is the world's leading provider of software and systems
enabling value-added services for voice, messaging, mobile Internet and
mobile advertising; converged billing and active customer management;
and IP communications. Comverse's extensive customer base spans more
than 125 countries and covers over 450 communication service providers
serving more than two billion subscribers. The company's innovative
product portfolio enables communication service providers to unleash
the value of the network for their customers by making their networks
smarter. Comverse's solutions support flexible deployment models,
including in-network, hosted and managed services, and can run on
circuit-switched, IP, IMS or converged network environments. Comverse
is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CMVT). For
more information, visit www.comverse.com.

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company(s).

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