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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100528161841
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909518-10-000374
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100526
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100528

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bin Dror
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001465827

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15502
		FILM NUMBER:		10866993

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
		STREET 2:		810 SEVENTH AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

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:			1231

	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>2010-05-26</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001465827</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bin Dror</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>29 HABARZEL STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TEL AVIV</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>L3</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>69710</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ISRAEL</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-05-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>130000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>226000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of Comverse Common Stock deliverable in settlement of an award of deferred stock units, with forty percent
 (40%) of such shares to vest and be delivered on the first anniversary of the date of grant and
 thirty percent (30%) of such shares to vest and be delivered on each of the second and third anniversaries of the date of
 grant, subject to accelerated vesting under certain circumstances.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 190,000 shares of Comverse Common Stock deliverable in settlement of unvested deferred stock unit awards and 36,000
 shares of Comverse Common Stock deliverable in settlement of a vested deferred stock unit awards subject to deferred
 delivery.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The official title of the Reporting Person is EVP, President of Global Sales, Comverse, Inc.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Shefali Shah, as Attorney-in-Fact for Dror Bin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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