Sonus selected by Bandwidth.com for next generation network

Telecomworldwire, Oct 3, 2008

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-3 October 2008-Sonus selected by Bandwidth.com for next generation network(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS), a provider of IP communications infrastructure, announced on Thursday (2 October) that the company has completed the first phase implementation of a next-generation network (NGN) deployment with Bandwidth.com, a communications provider.

Under the contract Bandwidth.com will deploy the complete, end-to-end Sonus solution, including the ASX Access Server, GSX9000 Media Gateway, PSX Call Routing Server, SGX Signalling Gateway, the NBS Network Border Switch as the Session border controller for IP Access and Trunking and the Sonus Insight Management System.

The new all IP network at Bandwidth.com will reportedly deliver secure, advanced business communications services to small and medium businesses across the US.

Sonus said that Bandwidth.com is introducing a complete Sonus IP-based session control network as part of the company's business plan to become a US nation-wide competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC).

The first services, which include unlimited calling, Internet service and the capability to work with most enterprise phone systems at flat-rate price points, on the Sonus-based network are already live, providing integrated access services in 300 metropolitan markets.

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