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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000909518-09-000876.txt : 20091207
<SEC-HEADER>0000909518-09-000876.hdr.sgml : 20091207
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20091207201810
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909518-09-000876
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091203
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091207
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091207

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OLIVER AUGUSTUS K
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001216573

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15502
		FILM NUMBER:		091227326

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY SCHOLASTIC CORP
		STREET 2:		557 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10012

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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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-12-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000803014</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY INC/NY/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CMVT.PK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001216573</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OLIVER AUGUSTUS K</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O OLIVER PRESS PARTNERS, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>152 WEST 57TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></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>2009-12-03</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>36945</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1693307</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Davenport Partners, L.P. and JE Partners</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </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, 2009, with such shares to vest and be delivered on January 1, 2011.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 20,000 shares of Comverse Common Stock deliverable in settlement of unvested awards of deferred stock units.The
 reporting person is a director of Comverse Technology, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;). The reporting person is the (i) Managing Member
 of Oliver Press Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of each of Davenport Partners,
 L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Davenport&quot;), JE Partners, a Bermuda partnership (&quot;JE&quot;) and Oliver Press Master Fund
 LP, a Cayman limited partnership (&quot;Master Fund&quot; and, together with Davenport and JE, the &quot;Partnerships&quot;), and (ii) Managing
 Member of Oliver Press Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the investment adviser to each of the
 Partnerships.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The reporting person is a director of Comverse Technology, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;). The reporting person is the (i) Managing
 Member of Oliver Press Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of each of Davenport
 Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Davenport&quot;), JE Partners, a Bermuda partnership (&quot;JE&quot;) and Oliver Press
 Master Fund LP, a Cayman limited partnership (&quot;Master Fund&quot; and, together with Davenport and JE, the &quot;Partnerships&quot;), and
 (ii) Managing Member of Oliver Press Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the investment adviser to each
 of the Partnerships.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">(Continuation of Footnote 4). The Partnerships own certain securities of the Company, all of which are subject to the shared
 voting and investment authority of the reporting person, among others. The reporting person's interest in the securities of
 the Company owned by the Partnerships is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest in the Partnerships, if any.  Upon
 ultimate realization of cash proceeds with respect to the deferred stock award, such cash proceeds may be applied as a
 credit against management fees payable by the Partnerships.  The reporting person's interest in the securities reported on
 Table I herein is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities, if any.
 his pecuniary interest in such securities, if any.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Shefali Shah, as Attorney-in-Fact for Augustus K. Oliver</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-12-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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