Hong Kong Mobile Operator Launches Comverse’s Visual Voicemail Service

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comverse today announced that 3 Hong Kong, the mobile operation of Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited (“Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong”) and the city’s 3G leader, has launched Hong Kong’s first visual voicemail service.

“Operators welcome the boost in user satisfaction”

Powered by Comverse’s Visual Voicemail, the operator’s users now can enjoy a dramatically enhanced visual voicemail experience, compared to conventional voicemail. Instead of dialing in for voice messages, users can see information about each voicemail in a message inbox, such as sender, time of call and message length and then click and listen to any message. Users also can delete and reply to any message.

“Being the first operator in our market to provide visual voicemail on the iPhone3G extends our string of market firsts, which also includes launching the city’s first 3G network,” said Amy Lung, Chief Operating Officer – Mobile of Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong. “Comverse, the global market leader in visual voicemail, has supported us to bring a feature-rich solution to market quickly with satisfactory results. The user feedback has been strongly positive.”

Visual Voicemail is part of the Comverse Voice HUB, a single platform for multiple voice-related services, such as next-generation voicemail, ringback tones, and call completion. Operators can reap cost savings from the Voice HUB’s unified platform because it reuses major components and takes advantage of centralized operation, maintenance and provisioning.

“Fast becoming the next-generation voicemail standard around the world, visual voicemail has huge mass market potential,” said Urban Gillstrom, Group 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.

“Operators welcome the boost in user satisfaction,” he said, “as well as the additional revenues generated through increased voicemail usage and premium service positioning.”

About Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited

Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited (“Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong” or “HTHK”) is one of the largest mobile operators in Hong Kong. Using the brand ‘3’, Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong is committed to providing high quality 2G and 3G mobile telecommunications services in Hong Kong and Macau. It is the first operator in Hong Kong to roll out world-class 3G service and is currently the largest 3G operator in the territory. Its operation arm in Macau is also one of the three 3G service providers in the market. Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (“Hutchison Telecom”).

Hutchison Telecom is a leading listed telecommunications operator (SEHK:2332; NYSE:HTX) focusing on dynamic markets. It currently offers mobile and fixed-line Telecommunication services in Hong Kong and Israel, and operates mobile telecommunications services in Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Macau and Thailand.

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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