Litecom Selects Comverse for Deployment of Wholesale Residential Voice over IP Services in Switzerland

Business Wire,  Oct 9, 2007  

Tags: Comverse Technology Inc., VoIP

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WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- 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 Litecom AG, the telecommunications arm of Switzerland-based Axpo Group, has chosen Comverse's MyCall([R]) Converged Communications solution for the deployment of wholesale residential voice services.

"Comverse combines superior technologies with an understanding of our business," stated Matthias von Arx, General Manager of Litecom. "In addition to solid references in VoIP service deployment, Comverse was able to supply Litecom with a complete, scalable, multi-protocol solution, from the core call control technologies to a comprehensive portfolio of value-added applications. This combination of expertise, experience and advanced technologies was key to Litecom's choice of the MyCall solution."

Litecom, founded in 2005 by a group of Swiss utility companies, uses the Comverse MyCall solution to deliver "white labeled" wholesale Voice over IP (VoIP) services to independent cable TV operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Switzerland who resell them to their residential customers. Litecom built its own IP telephony infrastructure to deploy the services, and provides service support to the cable operators. The company intends to deploy business services (IP Trunking and IP Centrex) on the same platform as a second stage of deployment.

Comverse's MyCall solution is used by service providers to deploy IP telephony, video telephony, interactive video and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services. The MyCall platform centralizes the management and provisioning of services and can scale up to millions of simultaneous lines in a wide variety of configurations. By deploying the platform in Application Service Provider (ASP) mode, Litecom is able to sell services wholesale to communication providers who package and deliver them under their own brand.

"Litecom aims to meet both the mid- and long-term challenges of the telephony market with a highly competitive offering using advanced technologies," said Yaron Tchwella, President of Comverse. "Since Comverse's Converged IP Communications solutions are all based on an open and scalable IMS architecture, Litecom is able to extend and evolve their service offering quickly and easily according to customer demand and market developments."

About Litecom

Litecom AG was founded in 2005 by the AEW Energie AG (AEW), the Elektrizitatswerke des Kantons Zurich (EKZ), the Elektrizitatswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen AG (EKS), the Elektrizitatswerk des Kantons Thurgau AG (EKT), the St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG (SAK) and the Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (NOK) to deliver data services in Switzerland.

Litecom markets data transport services and Internet connectivity (leased lines, co-location, Ethernet, and VPN services) on a wholesale basis to regional service providers, enterprises and public sector customers. Over 15 of the 100 largest companies in Switzerland, as well as many medium and small enterprises, universities, administrations, the police corps, telecom service providers and leading utility companies are customers of Litecom. For additional information, visit the Litecom website at http://www.litecom.ch.

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 holistic 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.

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