Business Combinations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components And The Allocations Of The Purchase Prices

The following table sets forth the components and the allocations of the purchase prices, some of which are preliminary, for business combinations completed during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 and 2011:

	Fiscal Years Ended January 31,
	2012									2011
	Vovici			GMT			Other			Iontas
	(In thousands)
Components of purchase price:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	55,708		$	24,596		$	33,835		$	17,738
Fair value of contingent consideration	9,900			12,000			20,504			3,224
Fair value of stock options	60			—			—			—
Bank debt, prepaid at closing	435			—			—			—
Other purchase price adjustments	—			—			786			—
Prepaid product licenses and support services	—			—			—			1,493
Trade accounts payable	—			—			—			(712		)
Total purchase price	$	66,103		$	36,596		$	55,125		$	21,743
Allocation of purchase price:
Net tangible assets (liabilities):
Cash and cash equivalents	$	179		$	—		$	4,614		$	2,569
Account receivable	1,106			512			842			—
Other current assets	5,219			1,717			11,036			286
Other assets	913			483			5,579			89
Current and other liabilities	(3,165		)	(1,915		)	(15,419		)	(211		)
Deferred revenue	(2,264		)	(1,234		)	(944		)	—
Bank debt	—			—			(3,330		)	—
Deferred income taxes — long-term	(6,021		)	(108		)	(3,587		)	(993		)
Net tangible assets (liabilities)	(4,033		)	(545		)	(1,209		)	1,740
Identifiable intangible assets:
Developed technology	11,300			7,400			10,043			6,949
Customer relationships	15,400			6,200			7,460			—
Trademarks and trade names	1,700			400			1,350			—
In-process research and development assets	—			—			2,500			—
Other identifiable intangible assets	—			—			1,421			278
Total identifiable intangible assets (1)	28,400			14,000			22,774			7,227
Goodwill	41,736			23,141			33,560			12,776
Total purchase price	$	66,103		$	36,596		$	55,125		$	21,743

(1) The weighted-average estimated useful life of all finite-lived identifiable intangible assets is 7.5 and 5.9 years for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Schedule Of Unaudited Pro Forma Total Revenue And Net Income (Loss)

	Fiscal years end January 31,
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Total revenue	$	1,615,755		$	1,642,725
Net loss attribute to Comverse Technology Inc.	$	(56,952	)	$	(138,656	)