Comverse Delivers Mobile Internet, Visual Voicemail & Multimedia
Messaging to Bell Mobility for New High-Speed Network in Canada
Mobile World Congress 2010
Hall 8 Booth B83
WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bell Mobility has selected the Comverse Mobile Internet HUB, visual
voicemail and multimedia messaging (MMS) to highlight and make the most
of its recently launched high-speed wireless network in Canada.
?Strategies for
Growth ? Compelling Customer Service?
The Comverse Mobile Internet HUB helps optimize traffic flow and improve
the overall Web browsing experience. The new high-speed packet access
(HSPA) network also brings Comverse Visual Voicemail to a range of
advanced handsets, enriching voicemail service with visual elements,
such as an inbox that displays all messages and empowers users to select
any message in any order with one click.
Taking the experience even further, Bell users can choose to read
their voicemail ? Voicemail to Text, which transcribes the voice
messages into text and is enabled by Comverse?s industry leading voice
messaging platform.
The Comverse MMS Center (MMSC) delivers a rich multimedia messaging
experience over Bell?s extensive HSPA device line-up and will allow
users to send more ? and larger ? multimedia messages.
?We want Bell clients to enjoy the very best that mobile technology has
to offer,? said Bruce Rodin, Vice President of Wireless Technology, Bell
Mobility. ?That?s why we offer the country?s fastest and largest
high-speed mobile network and that?s why we chose Comverse ? for their
global technological leadership and proven track record in delivering
advanced voice, messaging, and mobile Internet services.?
Comverse HUB Value-Added Services span 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.
?Like Bell, Comverse is on the cutting edge of change, and we look
forward to an even more exciting future together shaping the course of
value-added services,? said Dror Bin, President of Global Sales at
Comverse, which is 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.
?Navigating the future successfully requires enriching communications
with new services and a compelling, superior user experience, maximizing
operator revenues by creating new revenue streams, and reducing costs
through operational efficiencies,? Bin said.
Offering mobile speeds as high as 21 Megabits per second (21 Mbps), the
new HSPA network covers more than 1 million square kilometers, reaching
approximately 93 percent of the population. The new network also
supports international roaming in more than 200 countries.
At the upcoming Mobile World Congress meeting (Feb. 15 to 18) in
Barcelona, visitors are invited to Hall 8 Booth B83 to experience the
wide range of Comverse demos. To schedule a meeting with Comverse,
visitors are encouraged to make an online
request. Also, Comverse?s Yaniv Zuckerman, vice president of Portfolio
Marketing, will participate on a panel discussion, ?Strategies for
Growth ? Compelling Customer Service? on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 4 to 5:30
p.m.
About Bell
Headquartered in Montréal, Bell is Canada's largest communications
company, providing consumers and business with solutions to all their
communications needs, including Bell Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell
Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite television, Bell Home phone
local and long distance, and IP-broadband and information and
communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be a Premier
National Partner and the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the
Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on
Bell's products and services, please visit www.bell.ca.
For corporate information on BCE, please visit www.bce.ca.
About Comverse
Comverse 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.
(CMVT.PK). For more information, visit www.comverse.com.
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company(s).
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as well as the uncertainty of customer acceptance of these new or
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