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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070601103222
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001005477-07-003364
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070522
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070601

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15502
		FILM NUMBER:		07892789

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY SCHOLASTIC CORP
		STREET 2:		557 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10012
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-05-22</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001216573</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OLIVER AUGUSTUS K</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>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>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1693307</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Davenport Partners, L.P. and JE Partners</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Deferred Stock Award (units)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6945</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">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;), and JE Partners, a Bermuda partnership (&quot;JE&quot; and, together with Davenport, 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.  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 reported on Table I herein is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest in the Partnerships, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Units representing the Deferred Stock Award shall vest on January 1, 2008, and shares in settlement of the Deferred Stock Award shall be delivered on such date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Not applicable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each unit of the Deferred Stock Award represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock of the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">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 II herein is limited to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities, if any.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Augustus K. Oliver</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-05-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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