Comverse today announced that it is working with mobile handset
manufacturer Sony Ericsson to provide visual voicemail on its handsets
for residential and business users.
Visual voicemail’s global popularity is growing because it enhances the
traditional voicemail experience. All voicemail messages are displayed
in an in-box, whose email-like interface provides such key information
as date, time, length of message, caller number and identity, when
available. Users can scan the messages, click to hear new and previously
heard messages in any order, and then reply, forward, or save messages.
"Because of visual voicemail’s global appeal, it has become a high
priority to make the service available on new handsets,” said Chief
Marketing Officer John Bunyan 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.
"Our strategic cooperation with handset leaders like Sony Ericsson,”
Bunyan said, "helps ensure that new handsets can offer the most
attractive and user-friendly visual voicemail experience to the broadest
number of people.”
Telecom operators of all sizes have launched visual voicemail to meet
the fast-paced needs of their users, and Comverse is working hard with
operators, handset vendors and the standards bodies to bring the best
visual voicemail to market.
"Visual voicemail’s success comes from providing users a richer array of
capabilities and choice,” said Bunyan. "Its value to operators is
underscored by solid global take-up figures showing that it can increase
voicemail usage and penetration in key segments.”
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, spanning 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 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 130 countries and covers over 500 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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