Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures

	Fiscal Years Ended January 31,
	2012			2011			2010
				(In thousands)
Total revenue	$	811,749		$	925,005		$	873,181
Income (loss) before income tax provision	22,749			(54,977		)	(200,536		)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	—			2,927			—
Income tax provision	(23,659		)	(38,978		)	(70,258		)
Total loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(910	)	$	(91,028	)	$	(270,794	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
Attributable to Comverse Technology, Inc.	(3,484		)	(87,724		)	(270,408		)
Attributable to noncontrolling interest	2,574			(3,304		)	(386		)
Total	$	(910	)	$	(91,028	)	$	(270,794	)

Comverse's and Starhome's assets and liabilities included in assets and liabilities of discontinued operations were as follows:

		January 31,
		2012		2011
		(in thousands)
ASSETS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	193,192	$	213,038
	Restricted cash and bank time deposits	28,893		26,111
	Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $2,929 and $5,395 respectively	135,835		167,971
	Inventories, net	29,991		49,625
	Deferred cost of revenue	35,252		45,201
	Deferred income taxes	10,108		24,884
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	56,157		60,613
Total current assets		489,428		587,443
Property and equipment, net		45,860		41,847
Goodwill		163,076		163,253
Intangible assets, net		22,034		39,389
Deferred cost of revenue		108,107		136,988
Deferred income taxes		10,153		14,066
Other assets		65,592		79,163
Total assets		$	904,250	$	1,062,149
LIABILITIES OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	196,879	$	232,938
	Deferred revenue	365,803		417,408
	Deferred income taxes	8,742		13,282
	Bank loans	—		6,000
	Income taxes payable	2,302		5,329
	Other current liabilities	853		1,080
Total current liabilities		574,579		676,037
Deferred revenue		204,681		230,510
Deferred income taxes		45,205		34,482
Note payable to CTI		8,536		7,019
Other long-term liabilities		154,025		196,827
Total liabilities		$	987,026	$	1,144,875

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Comverse's, Starhome's and Ulticom's results of operations included in discontinued operations are as follow