Glenayre Provides Versera Messaging Platform to Pakistan Telecom Mobile Limited

ATLANTA, GA - Glenayre (Nasdaq: GEMS) announced it will supply its Versera Solution platform to Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (PTML), a subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), which owns and operates the public switched telephony network in Pakistan. Under the brand Ufone, Pak Telecom Mobile Limited will offer Glenayre powered messaging solutions to provide voice and fax messaging services for subscribers in Karachi, Lahore and Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad. "Pak Telecom Mobile Limited has already experienced significant success with Glenayre's voice and fax messaging solutions in Karachi and Lahore, and we expect our subscribers to grow an additional 60% this year," said Mr. Arshad Khan, the chief executive of PTML. "We are now launching Versera-based solutions in Islamabad, and will offer advanced messaging capabilities to our three major markets by the end of this year." "Next-generation messaging services are poised for tremendous global market penetration," said Bill Edwards, senior vice president of sales, marketing and customer service for Glenayre. "Subscribers once satisfied with basic messaging are now demanding enhanced applications using speech recognition technologies, like voice-powered messaging and Dial-by-Voice. Glenayre is proud to work with operators like PTML to deliver next generation solutions and help them remain competitive in a changing communications landscape." The Glenayre Versera Solution platform provides a centralized subscriber database, which consolidates subscriber information on a single platform. The Versera Solution platform is based on an open architecture, allowing operators like PTML to deploy customized applications and services for its target markets.