A few months back I began an email conversation with a regular reader here about Sonus Networks and where they fit in the unified communications space. First, I want to say, thanks again David for reminding me that Sonus is out there. They'd really slipped off my radar so to speak.

After quite a bit of coordination, I had a great conversation with Michael Rubin at Sonus. Michale's the VP of Access Solutions. He's been with Sonus for about eight years, and provided some really interesting thoughts on the market and where things are headed. I'm hoping that this leads to ongoing updates from Sonus as the continue to expand and evolve. I anticipate we'll come back around for a podcast chat again every few months with them.

Founded in 1997, Sonus Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless and wireline voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia infrastructure solutions for carriers, PTTs, ISPs, cable companies, CLECs and next-generation service providers.

Deployed worldwide in some of the most demanding, large-scale environments, Sonus products enable residential and business voice over broadband (VoBB), wireless voice and multimedia, trunking and tandem switching, carrier interconnection and enhanced services.

Since their inception, Sonus' visionary products have been built upon the same distributed architecture principles that underlie today's industry standard, the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). Feature-rich, scalable and reliable, Sonus' portfolio of products enable telecommunications providers to reap the CAPEX and OPEX advantages of IP technology while deploying competitive and differentiating services.

In addition, Sonus offers proven third-party solutions with its Open Services Partner Alliance (OSPA). The OSPA technologies and applications, integrated with Sonus' IMS Architecture and products, offer telecommunication providers complete, best-of-breed solutions for enhanced services.

Sonus has offices worldwide and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, USA.

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