MIND CTI

MIND CTI Reports 170% Rise in Operating Income for Third Quarter

* $4.7 Million Nine Months Net Income
* Revenue for Third Quarter increases 37%

Key Highlights

Yoqneam, Israel, October 25, 2004- MIND C.T.I. LTD. (NASDAQ: MNDO), a leading global provider of real-time mediation, provisioning, rating, billing and customer care solutions for pre-paid and post-paid voice, data and video, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004.

Monica Eisinger, President and CEO, commented: "Our conservative approach in building our business continues to prove itself as ideal for the existing environment. We believe that MIND gained market share during the last two years and continues to do so. Our product-based approach and our customer-oriented business model enabled us to grow revenues for the tenth consecutive quarter. At the same time, the lasting challenging global environment created acquisition targets at reasonable valuations and we strive to locate the right addition that will enable us to significantly further enlarge the company.

MIND's know-how in the IP space enables us to successfully deploy "best-in-class" solutions for Service Enabling of IP services in the wireless arena and convergent billing for carriers that provide both traditional and IP services. We expect that our cost structure and our high gross margins will enable us to reach over 20% operating margins in the near future."

New Executive Addition
We are in a continuous process of gradually increasing the company size and continue to add experienced people to further support the growth and strengthen our management team. Our new CTO, Mr. Doron Segal, brings vast experience with design and implementation of complex telco-grade systems. Recently Mr. Segal was AVP at Comverse, with responsibility for technical requirements and system level design for most Comverse products and customer projects. As the company CTO he will be responsible for the system architecture, product design and maintaining MIND's technological leadership.

As of September 30, 2004, we had 243 employees in our offices in Israel, Romania, the United States and China.

Financial Highlights of Q3 2004

Sales Highlights
During the third quarter, our bookings included five new customer wins, as well as four license upgrades:

Revenue Distribution for Q3 2004
Revenue from our customer care and billing software totaled $4.01 million, while revenue from our enterprise call management software was $597 thousand. The revenue breakdown from our business lines of products was $2.9 million, or 64%, from licenses, $1.2 million, or 25%, from maintenance and $506 thousand, or 11%, from services.

Conference Call Information
MIND will host a conference call on October 26, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, to discuss the Company's third quarter and 2004 results as well as other financial and business information. The call will be carried live on the Internet via www.fulldisclosure.com and the MIND website, www.mindcti.com. For those unable to listen to the live web cast, a replay will be available.

About MIND
MIND is a leading global provider of real-time mediation, rating, billing and customer care solutions for pre-paid and post-paid voice, data and content. Our customers include worldwide leading carriers servicing millions of subscribers, using our end-to-end solutions for the deployment of new services. MIND operates from offices in Europe, the United States, China and Israeli headquarters.

For financial information, reports and presentations, please visit the Investor Relations site: http://www.mindcti.com/ir

Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All statements other than historical facts included in the foregoing press release regarding the Company's business strategy are "forward looking statements." These statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may materially differ. The forward looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including the risks discussed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information.

For more information please contact:
Andrea Dray
MIND CTI Ltd.
Tel: +972-4-993-6666
investor@mindcti.com

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

September 30 December 31
2004 2003 2003
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)



U.S. $ in thousands

A s s e t s
CURRENT ASSETS:

Cash and cash equivalents

$7,870$6,085$4,391

Accounts receivable:

Trade

3,071 1,476 2,181

Interest accrued on long-term bank deposits

1,511 *958 *482

Other

800 848 *864

Inventories

11 14 11



T o t a l current assets

13,263 8,423 7,929
LONG-TERM BANK DEPOSITS 47,000 *40,000 *40,000
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net ofaccumulated depreciation and amortization 1,768 1,230 1,182
OTHER ASSETS, net of accumulated amortization 785 886 868



T o t a l assets

$62,816 $51,497 $49,979



Liabilities and shareholders' equity
CURRENT LIABILITIES -

Accounts payable and accruals:

Trade

$322 $224 $718

Other

3,619 3,198 2,723



T o t a l current liabilities

3,941 3,422 3,441
BANK LOANS 10,000
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UPON RETIREMENT 1,117 942 998



T o t a l liabilities

15,058 4,364 4,439



SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

Share capital

53 52 53

Additional paid-in capital

58,728 61,187 58,514

Accumulated deficit

-11,023 -14,106 -13,027



T o t a l shareholders' equity

47,758 47,133 45,540



To t a l liabilities and shareholders' equity $62,816 $51,497 $49,979



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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Nine months
ended September 30
Three months
ended September 30
Year ended December 31,
2004 2003 2004 2003 2003
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)



U.S. $ in thousands (except per share data)

REVENUES $12,926 $9,294 $4,602 $3,363 $12,936
COST OF REVENUES 3,189 2,306 1,102 852 3,208





GROSS PROFIT 9,337 6,988 3,500 2,511 9,728
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES - net 2,870 2,430 1,024 848 3,319
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:

Selling

3,460 2,945 1,130 1,067 4,065

General and administrative

1,243 853 537 296 1,149





OPERATING INCOME 2,164 760 809 300 1,195
FINANCIAL AND OTHER INCOME - net 2,697 1,869 1,044 618 2,607





INCOME BEFORE TAXES ON INCOME 4,861 2,629 1,853 918 3,802
TAXES ON INCOME 121 75 44 3 169



NET INCOME $4,740 $2,554 $1,809 $915 $3,633










EARNING PER SHARE:
Basic $0.23 $0.12 $0.09 $0.04 $0.18





Diluted $0.22 $0.12 $0.08 $0.04 $0.17





WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES USED IN COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER ORDINARY SHARE - IN THOUSANDS:
Basic 21,056 20,690 21,089 20,703 20,732





Diluted 21,511 21,173 21,486 21,183 21,143





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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Nine months
ended September 30
Three months
ended September 30
Year ended December 31,
2004 2003 2004 2003 2003
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)



U.S. $ in thousands
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net Income

$4,740 $2,554 $1,809 $915 $3,633

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by or used in operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

520 617 172 199 806

Accrued severance pay - net

119 *133 62 *9 189

Capital gain on sale of property and equipment - net

-12 -11 -18 -7 -35

Changes in operating asset and liability items:

Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable:

Trade

-890 550 -720 152 -155

Interest accrued on long-term bankdeposits

-1,029 -1,502 -628 -578 1,149

Other

64 -190 27 -114 (206)

Decrease in Inventories

3

Increase (decrease) in accounts

payable and accruals:

Trade

-396 57 -999 -360 551

Other

896 689 176 536 214





Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

4,012 2,897 -119 752 6,149





CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchase of property and equipment

-1,030 -382 -328 -90 -499

Amounts withdrawal (funded) in respect of accrued severance pay

-67 *(73) -37 *2 -105

Investments in long-term bank deposits

-10,000 -40,000 -3,000 -77,000

Withdrawal of long-term bank deposits

3,000 32,175 67,000

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

86 59 79 19 109





Net cash used in investing activities

-8,011 -8,221 -286 -3,069 -10,495





CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Bank loans received

10,000

Employee stock options exercised and paid

214 97 94 97 354

Dividend paid

-2,736 -2,929





Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

7,478 97 94 97 -2,575





NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 3,479 -5,227 -311 -2,220 -6,921
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD 4,391 11,312 8,181 8,305 11,312
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD $7,870 $6,085 $7,870 $6,085 $4,391





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