Australian Multi-Play Media Company AUSTAR Upgrades to Next-Gen Comverse Billing Solution for All Business Lines

Business Wire, Feb 5, 2008

WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Comverse, the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced that AUSTAR, a leading Australian multi-play media company, has upgraded to the next-generation Comverse Kenan([R]) FX Billing Solution to support its subscription television, mobile communications and broadband businesses.

"We believe the Comverse Billing Solution provides the most reliable support for our business and allows easy and timely launch of new services - a critical capability as we plan for the future," said Dean Walters, CIO of AUSTAR. "The decision to extend our relationship with Comverse was based on the value we have derived from Comverse as a capable and trustworthy partner, and knowing that to achieve fast time-to-market for new services, we required the advanced features that the Comverse Billing Solution delivers. We were very pleased with the short timeline of the project, which we credit to the close collaboration between Comverse Professional Services and the AUSTAR team."

Comverse Billing Solutions are optimized for the converging communications market, and provide an advanced set of real-time customer management capabilities, from customer self-service, ordering and activation, through real-time charging and payments. Comverse Billing Solutions have been widely adopted around the globe and have delivered solid ROI to clients.

"AUSTAR is an excellent example of a longstanding Comverse customer who has leveraged our Billing Solution to meet its business goals," said Eitan Achlow, President of Comverse Asia Pacific. "The ability to upgrade to the next-generation Comverse Kenan FX Billing Solution in an efficient manner supports operators' growth and business evolution. Overall, this project has been marked by a tight deployment schedule with successful fulfillment of all goals set at the outset - on budget and on time."

About AUSTAR

Established in 1995, AUSTAR's television business is the company's core business. Since its establishment, AUSTAR's television subscriber base has grown to more than 658,087 (as of September 30, 2007), ranking it as Australia's second largest subscription television operator (behind FOXTEL), and the largest operator in its market of regional and rural Australia. AUSTAR is the sole provider of subscription television services in substantially all of its service area (approximately 2.4m homes, one-third of Australia's total homes), primarily using digital satellite technology. AUSTAR also operates a digital cable network in Darwin.

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.

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