COMVERSE IST Call 5 Preparatory Workshop on "Collaborative Working Environments" 13 April 2005 Amir Gazit Hananel Kvatinsky

Collaboration Communication Services New communication experience IP Video Conferencing Conferencing Chat UniBlog Presence IM MultiModality Convergence Push to Show 2

Comverse The market leader in enhanced services for telecommunication service providers ~3500 employees worldwide ~1000 in R&D Located in Israel Largest subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (FY04 sales ~$960M) 400+ networks, 120+ Countries, 1 Billon Users The Main Point! Comverse has almost two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry, designing, manufacturing, implementing and integrating telco-grade value added services for network operators. 3

Related Trends & Potential Topics Network Evolution Networks offer increased bandwidth Standards-based IP architectures Convergence IP Multimedia Subsystem Empowered and open Devices (work, home and mobile) Ubiquitous Service Personalized services anywhere, at any time, over any device Context Awareness - Functionality is adaptive and optimized to the environment Collaboration Rich media Multiple Communities Multi-sessions Human and Sensors Work and Fun Intuitive user experience Potential Topics Ubiquitous working environment IMS based hosted services Collaboration based on SOA Real-Time collaboration Multi-session collaboration – multimedia and data 4

Web: http://www.comverse.com E-mails: amir.gazit@comverse.com hananel.kvatinsky@comverse.com Web: http://www.comverse.com 5