Welcome
Every day the world's leading service providers and enterprises count on Sonus to drive their networks to new levels of innovation and monetization. Our journey began more than 15 years ago when we kicked off the voice over IP revolution, and since then we've helped our customers keep up with the speed of innovation through session border controllers, session initiation protocol (SIP) session management solutions, hosted cloud services and SIP network optimization.
The last two years have been transformative for Sonus; we are setting the pace in the industry. In May of 2012, we announced the introduction of the Sonus SBC 5100 Session Border Controller, purpose-built to leverage SIP-based networks as enterprises and tier two/three service providers look to simplify their infrastructure and deploy video and Unified Communications. One month later, we launched Sonus Partner Assure™, the company's first global channel partner program specifically created to expand coverage of the enterprise Unified Communications market. And in August, we again strengthened our SBC portfolio with the addition of the Sonus SBC 1000 and Sonus SBC 2000 Session Border Controllers, giving Sonus the industry's only end-to-end SBC solution delivering SIP-enabled applications from the central office to the branch office. Read more
Raymond P. Dolan
President & CEO of Sonus
- Magic Quadrant for Session Border Controllers
- D. Kish | A. K. Sharma |F. Marsala | J. Lassman
- 9 October 2012
- Market Definition/Description
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Session border controllers (SBCs) for communications service providers (CSPs) essentially act as session managers by performing session management. Session management is a term describing how CSPs apply policies (such as for bandwidth for video calls), control session routing, ensure interoperability across multivendor communication environments, and integrate applications with communications services.
SBCs offer CSPs a set of functions that address service delivery problems caused by the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) network islands. These problems generally relate to security, qualityof service (QoS) management and network interoperability. SBCs enable separate IP networks to connect securely and cost-effectively, without compromising quality.
Articles of Interest
- Be SIP Smart, Reduce Telecom Spend by 75%
- Learn how SIP-based communications environment allows Service Providers and Enterprises to save money without compromising features or functionality.
- The Evolving Role of the Session Border Controller
- The proliferation of video, conferencing, instant messaging, Unified Communications and presence based collaboration applications have changed the definition of a SIP session, thus changing the scope and function of today's SBC.
- Learn About the Sonus Session Border Controller Portfolio
- Sonus SBCs deliver secure SIP-based communications, enabling service providers and enterprises to simplify their network design, reduce costs and effectively deploy new applications such as Unified Communications and video.
- Discover Cost Savings and Increased Productivity with SIP Trunking
- Beyond cost savings, SIP Trunking opens up vast new capabilities, as Unified Communications and collaboration become the norm in corporate networks. A key component of this evolution is the Session Border Controller, playing a critical role in both controlling existing communication modes and enabling unrealized - even unimagined - true integration of all parts of IT infrastructures.
