Venezuelan Wireless Operator Movilnet Selects Comverse Solutions for Billing and Mobile Internet Gateway

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 Telecomunicaciones Movilnet CA, a leading mobile operator in Venezuela, will expand its use of Comverse Billing Solutions by deploying Comverse’s Real-Time Billing Solution (RTBS) and leveraging its real-time marketing capabilities. Movilnet will manage all of its prepaid and postpaid subscribers across both its GSM and CDMA networks with Comverse billing solutions. In addition, Movilnet will deploy the Comverse Mobile Internet Gateway to offer subscribers an enriched mobile browsing experience. Movilnet, owned by CANTV (Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela), provides nationwide service and currently offers the broadest 3G coverage in Venezuela. "In anticipation of the upcoming rollout of our GSM network, we needed a reliable and robust solution for our prepaid customers,” said Ernesto Ramos Henningsen, Operations and Systems VP of Movilnet. "We have been particularly pleased with our relationship with Comverse and the billing capabilities they have delivered. Therefore, upon evaluating the powerful real-time marketing capabilities of RTBS and the enhanced browsing functionality provided by the mobile Internet gateway, Comverse was clearly the best choice. We anticipate these solutions will have a positive impact on the revenue generation capabilities of our value-added services and airtime.” Comverse’s Real-Time Billing Solution provides real-time rating and charging for voice, content and other value-added services in over 50 countries worldwide. The solution serves as a strategic marketing engine for mobile operators by offering advanced personalization capabilities and à la carte service plan customization to enable operators to increase revenues, profitability and long-term loyalty from subscribers. The solution brings new flexibility to the billing environment with its extensible architecture facilitating faster time-to-market. Comverse Mobile Internet Gateway is a best-of-class, mobile Internet browsing solution already supporting hundreds-of-millions of subscribers worldwide. With its cost-effective, high capacity data infrastructure platform, the gateway enables operators to monetize the mobile Internet and manage the ever-growing mobile data traffic activity in a centralized manner. By using the Comverse Mobile Internet Gateway, operators maintain their position in the content value chain by providing benefits both to subscribers and content providers. "There has been much activity lately in the Venezuelan telecom industry and Comverse is pleased to have a growing presence here,” said Ramesh Barasia, President of Comverse Americas. "We are pleased to extend our relationship with Movilnet, the country’s largest mobile operator, and cover all their subscribers with comprehensive and flexible billing solutions and an enriched mobile browsing experience. Once our Real-Time Billing solution is in place, Movilnet can enhance their one-on-one relationships with subscribers.” About Movilnet Telecomunicaciones Movilnet is the leading Digital Wireless Communications provider in Venezuela. It is part of CANTV holding, which is the largest communications company in the country in Fixed Lines, Digital Wireless, Broadband and Dial-Up Internet Access and other services provided nationwide. The mission of Movilnet is to become the preferred wireless provider as a result of its excellent customer service, innovation and network reliance. Its capable, trained and motivated staff is the key to maintaining performance and achieving this mission. Its EVDO network currently offers the broadest 3G coverage in Venezuela. 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). 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