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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000909518-08-000886.txt : 20081205
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20081205171816
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909518-08-000886
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081203
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081205
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081205

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Burdick Charles J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001353290

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15502
		FILM NUMBER:		081233737

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		02075910048

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		27 PRINCES GATE COURT
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SW72QJ

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC/NY/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000803014
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
		IRS NUMBER:				133238402
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		810  SEVENTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-739-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		810  SEVENTH AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000803014</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC/NY/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CMVT.PK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001353290</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Burdick Charles J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>27 PRINCES GATE COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>SW72QJ</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-12-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>20000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of Comverse Common Stock deliverable in settlement of an award of deferred stock units granted on December
 3, 2008, with such shares to vest and be delivered on January 1, 2010, provided, that, if on January 1, 2010 there is no
 effective registration statement on Form S-8 in respect of such shares, such shares will be deliverable to the grantee on
 the first date within calendar year 2010 on which such shares are the subject of an effective registration statement on Form
 S-8 and no resale restrictions apply, but in no event later than December 31, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 10,000 shares of Comverse Common Stock deliverable in settlement of unvested award of deferred stock units.
 Excludes shares deliverable in settlement of awards of deferred stock units reported as derivative securities in Table II in
 prior filings.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Shefali Shah, as Attorney-in-Fact for Charles J. Burdick</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-12-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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