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In an era of cost cutting, virtual exhibitions are an excellent way to connect with customers. Providing useful information and insights into telecommunication, Comverse EXPO 2010 is cited as an example par excellence – an industry trailblazer with an innovative way of creating a buzz all throughout the year. The author judges it to be "as good as a real exhibition minus any constraints of time, place and distance," with creative use of audio-video elements heightening interest and effect.

As India is about to announce the winners of 3G spectrum, Pushpendra Mankad, senior vice president of Comverse Asia was interviewed about what end users can expect in the way of new services.

This article speaks to Remi Bouchard, Director of Comverse Netcentrex IP Communications, to assess the implications of the all-IP environment for OSS and finds there are many advantages that can be derived even during that transition.

With proprietary software having shipped on more than 500 million mobile devices, and with the emergence of promises for successful mobile ecosystems from industry giants, there is a growing question about whether "proprietary" may be the way forward. "Is it indeed?" asks Elad Granot, Director of Technology Strategy at Comverse

In a report from the ITU Telecom 2009 show, Ray Le Maistre writes: “… you might find the Comverse Inc. stand alluring: The software specialist is unveiling a number of application innovations, including "scented messaging." Scent it and send it? We'll see. Light Reading might wave its schnoz in the direction of the Comverse stand and see what whiffs it picks up.”

Comverse Asia Senior VP Mankad Pushpendra analyzes why mobile number portability is becoming increasingly significant in India and around the globe. He delineates several varieties of number portability, bringing to light benefits and challenges to operators. Number portability “promises to usher in a new era of differentiation based on services,” and Comverse, he notes, is geared to enable “operators to have their finger on the pulse of the business at all times.”

This interview with Lionel Chmilewsky, Comverse's CEO of its Netcentrex IP Communications division, appeared in a Japanese Telecommunications publication. With the emergence of 4G networks, Mr. Chmilewsky spoke about Comverse's IMS solution and how IMS is likely to spread the provision of value added services, including VoIP and Rich Communications Services.

Dickel Sooriah Comverse Strategic Marketing Manager of Netcentrex Converged IP Communications, discusses the current economic conditions and how they are impacting customers’ purchasing decisions.

How can rating systems designed for the old generation of pre- and post-paid billing in legacy networks cope with the demands of launching new, real-time services and finding new revenue streams within altered business models? Mark Dye interviews Birger Thorburn, CTO of Comverse EMEA, among other telcom professionals to find out.

See a short video on YouTube about Comverse's mobile technology that brings Second Life to an iPhone. This demonstration was shown at Mobile World Congress 2008.

Erik Larsson, Vice President of Marketing for Comverse Converged IP Communications, responded with a brief overview of the company’s high-points for 2007 as well as a list of what to watch for in 2008 .

President and Group Editor in Chief at TMC, Rich Tehrani, interviewed Randy Waters, Vice President of Market Development of Comverse IP Converged Communications

Today’s business user has a maddening array of choices of when it comes to communications solutions, spanning a range of equipment, network architectures, and costs

TMCnet received the opportunity to interview Tim Phillips, General Manager, Triple Play Sales, Netcentrex Converged IP Communications at the Internet Telephony Conference&Expo

Comverse readily admits that IMS will herald the end of the purpose-built application-in-a-box that has been their bread and butter since it sold its first voice mail platform more than a decade ago.

Kevin Fitchard covers Comverse’s acquisition of Netcentrex.