NEW YORK -- Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMVT - News) and the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, today announced the expansion of the Comverse Converged Communication portfolio with a launch of Comverse IPTV, a comprehensive solution to provide TV viewers with a broad selection of broadcast and unicast (subscriber-selected) content. The solution includes Live TV, Video on Demand, Digital Rights Management and Middleware.

"Comverse IPTV is personalized TV that adapts itself to each user's terminal, network, location, available time, and unique preferences, and is designed to give operators a strong offering that enables them to significantly expand their relationship with current customers and gain new customers. Comverse IPTV's superior user interface fuels content consumption by ensuring that users can easily browse and quickly find content they want," said Benny Einhorn, Chief Marketing Officer at Comverse. "Comverse IPTV is a mature, flexible telco-grade solution for operators of all types and sizes. It can be quickly deployed, and is designed to scale up to support any number of set-top boxes as uptake grows -- as a stand-alone solution, or as part of a pre-integrated, comprehensive Triple Play offering."

"Comverse IPTV leverages our vast global expertise, our broad range of IP Converged Communications including VoIP solutions, and our fully integrated converged real-time billing with advanced revenue settlements and customer care," concluded Einhorn.

Comverse Inc. (Nasdaq: CNSI)