Entel Chile Selects Comverse for Visual Voicemail on Mobile Devices and PCs

Entel, the leading Chilean mobile operator with more than six million users, has selected Comverse to deliver visual voicemail to mobile handsets and PCs.

Instead of dialing in for messages, Entel’s subscribers will receive their voicemail as multimedia messages (MMS) on their handsets. Users then click to hear the voice messages and can respond immediately to the caller by clicking to reply.

For subscribers in front of a computer at home or in an office, Entel now is offering voicemail to email. Users receive their voice messages as attachments to email messages, clicking to hear messages in any order they want. Just like email, users also can save, forward, or delete messages.

"In these fast-paced times, our users want ways to handle their voice messages quickly,” said Alfredo Albetman, Manager of Value Added Services for the Consumer Market at Entel. "The appealing visual voicemail services that we are deploying significantly improve the user experience, enabling our subscribers for the first time to choose what suits them best.”

"Visual voicemail is winning warm acceptance in every corner of the world,” said Dror Bin, President of Global Sales 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.

"Both Voicemail to Email and Voicemail to MMS align with key consumer trends and preferences, and the increases they generate in the number of people using voicemail, depositing messages, and returning calls after listening to their messages translate into significant and sustainable new revenue potential for operators,” Bin said.

The visual voicemail market leader, Comverse has more than two-thirds of commercial deployments worldwide. Upon deployment, many operators have reported that the average revenue per user (ARPU) for voicemail services has increased 30 to 50 percent.

Comverse Visual Voicemail is part of the Comverse HUB Value-Added Services, which spans 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 Entel PCS

With more than six million subscribers, Entel PCS leads the main financial, brand, and service indicators in Chile and was awarded with the Frost & Sullivan prize for the Best Mobile Service Provider 2007 in Latin America. Entel PCS is part of Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., the largest telecommunication company in Chile that provides mobile, data and IT, and internet services, local and long-distance telephony services (together with related services). Entel also has operations in Perú and is listed on the Chilean stock exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago) under the ticker symbol ENTEL. Its headquarters are located in Santiago, Chile. More information is available at http://www.entelpcs.cl

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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