Comverse Technology
Israeli-founded telecoms software company later linked to Verint
| Comverse Technology
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|---|---|
| Type | Public (historically Nasdaq) |
| Founder(s) | Kobi Alexander, Boaz Meshuli (Misholi), Yechiam Yemini |
| Headquarters | United States (parent); major R&D in Israel (Efrat) |
| Industry | Telecoms software / value-added services |
Comverse Technology was a telecoms software group with deep Israeli roots. Globes reported that controlling shareholder Kobi Alexander began as an investment banker; his brother-in-law Boaz Meshuli originated the idea of an Israeli company to develop computerised voice mail. The Israeli operating company was known as Efrat; Comverse, listed in the United States, was its parent and floated on Nasdaq in 1986. Efrat developed the Trilogue voice-mail product and also built voice products for Israel's defence industry, including police and military customers. In 1988 Meshuli and Prof. Yechiam Yemini left, selling their shares to Alexander.[1]
Encyclopaedia Judaica (via Encyclopedia.com) states that Alexander "served as an intelligence officer in the army" before his business career.[2]
Verint later emerged from the Comverse group; Globes has noted that Verint itself was split from Comverse, and that Cognyte was later spun from Verint.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ Ami Ginsburg, Comverse: Multinational with an Israeli Heart, Globes, 24 August 1997.
- ↑ Alexander, Kobi, Encyclopaedia Judaica (via Encyclopedia.com).
- ↑ Shiri Habib-Valdhorn, Ex Shin Bet chief aims to make Cognyte an 'Israeli Palantir', Globes, 14 January 2025.