South Africa’s mobile service provider, Vodacom launched the country’s first visual voicemail service for iPhone powered by Comverse.

“Being the first in the country to launch visual voicemail underscores Vodacom’s standing as an innovation leader,” said Dror Bin, 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.

“With this service launch in South Africa, visual voicemail has now expanded its presence and popularity to key regions around the world,” Bin said. “We are proud of Comverse’s leading role in making visual voicemail the global next-generation voicemail standard.”