Comverse and Sun Microsystems Collaborate on Enhanced Internet Communications Services

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Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc., and Sun Microsystems, Inc. have announced a multi-year agreement to collaborate on delivering Internet applications to global telecommunications companies. The partnership will bring Comverse's software and systems, integrated with Sun's carrier-grade hardware, to a broad range of telecommunications providers worldwide.

Key Takeaways:

  • The agreement calls for Comverse to integrate Sun's Netra(TM) t 1400 servers and Sun StorEdge(TM) disk arrays into its unified messaging solution.
  • The partnership will deploy Sun's Netra servers, providing the level of reliability required for today's telecommunications and service providers.
  • Comverse's unified messaging solution will support Sun's Netra servers, and both companies will work together to bring the broadest range of integrated services to the global communications marketplace.
  • Sun will provide Enterprise Services for worldwide technical support and training as part of the overall agreement.
  • Comverse's unified messaging solution will deploy Sun's carrier-grade hardware, enabling the company to bring the mobile Internet and unified messaging to the mass market.
  • Comverse and Sun will collaborate to bring enhanced services, such as call answering, wireless data and Internet-based information services, prepaid wireless services, mailbox-to-mailbox messaging, and interactive voice response, to telecommunications customers worldwide.
  • Comverse's software and systems will enable a wide range of multimedia-enhanced services, generating revenues, providing competitive differentiation, and increasing customer acquisition and retention.

Statistics:

  • Comverse has over 330 communications customers in more than 100 countries.
  • The partnership will involve a multi-million-dollar agreement.
  • Sun's carrier-grade hardware is designed to meet the needs of companies running mission-critical wireline, wireless, and ISP applications.
  • Sun has a full line of high-performance, carrier-grade Netra products, with the Netra t1 being the lowest-cost Netra server option.
  • Comverse is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling enhanced services for wireless and wireline communications service providers.

Sources:

  • Comverse Network Systems press release, July 24, 1997.
  • Sun Microsystems press release, July 24, 1997.
  • Comverse Technology, Inc. press release, July 24, 1997.
  • Sun Microsystems, Inc. web site, http://sun.com.