Westford, MA., and Salt Lake City, Utah., October, 6th, 2008 – Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a market leader in IP communications infrastructure, and FirstDigital, a leading provider of next-generation network solutions, today announced the availability of new services to FirstDigital customers through the deployment of digital signal technology from Sonus Networks.
To enable FirstDigital customers to increase their call processing and faxing capability without increasing their bandwidth, FirstDigital has chosen the Sonus Network Border Switch (NBS), which offers carrier class IP-peering and a strong layer of security. FirstDigital will take advantage of the peering and advanced transcoding capabilities that Sonus allows to be built directly into the gateway, streamlining the switching of traffic between IP-networks and simplifying network management.
Today, carriers are looking for ways to increase revenues and lower operational costs as they roll out advanced, IP-based services. The Sonus solution will allow FirstDigital to offer the newest technologies without major infrastructure build-outs by re-encapsulating and compressing the voice packets,” says Chris Modesitt, FirstDigital’s Chief Information officer. “This new functionality will also allow FirstDigital to maintain Quality of Service standards that our customers have come to expect.”
FirstDigital is emerging as one of Utah’s leading suppliers of pure IP telephony and is driven by developing innovative networks to enhance the customer experience.
“FirstDigital is ambitious to generate new services for its customers and differentiate its offerings with market leading IP-services,” commented Mohammed Shanableh, vice president of global sales at Sonus Networks. “A close relationship with Sonus enables FirstDigtial to grow and develop its network to remain at the forefront of its competition and rapidly deliver cost effective, robust and secure services to its most demanding enterprise customers.”
About Sonus Networks Sonus Networks, Inc. is a market leader in IP communications infrastructure for wireline and wireless service providers. With its comprehensive IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution, Sonus addresses the full range of carrier applications, including residential and business voice services, wireless voice and multimedia, trunking and tandem switching, carrier interconnection and enhanced services. Sonus’ voice infrastructure solutions are deployed in service provider networks worldwide. Founded in 1997, Sonus is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. Additional information on Sonus is available at https://www.sonusnet.com.
Today, carriers are looking for ways to increase revenues and lower operational costs as they roll out advanced, IP-based services. The Sonus solution will allow FirstDigital to offer the newest technologies without major infrastructure build-outs by re-encapsulating and compressing the voice packets,” says Chris Modesitt, FirstDigital’s Chief Information officer. “This new functionality will also allow FirstDigital to maintain Quality of Service standards that our customers have come to expect.”
FirstDigital is emerging as one of Utah’s leading suppliers of pure IP telephony and is driven by developing innovative networks to enhance the customer experience.
“FirstDigital is ambitious to generate new services for its customers and differentiate its offerings with market leading IP-services,” commented Mohammed Shanableh, vice president of global sales at Sonus Networks. “A close relationship with Sonus enables FirstDigital to grow and develop its network to remain at the forefront of its competition and rapidly deliver cost effective, robust and secure services to its most demanding enterprise customers.”
About Sonus Networks Sonus Networks, Inc. is a market leader in IP communications infrastructure for wireline and wireless service providers. With its comprehensive IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution, Sonus addresses the full range of carrier applications, including residential and business voice services, wireless voice and multimedia, trunking and tandem switching, carrier interconnection and enhanced services. Sonus’ voice infrastructure solutions are deployed in service provider networks worldwide. Founded in 1997, Sonus is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. Additional information on Sonus is available at https://www.sonusnet.com.
This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Sonus’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008, filed with the SEC, which identifies important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Risk factors include among others: the impact of material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting on our ability to report our financial results timely and accurately; the unpredictability of our quarterly financial results; risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s restatement of its historical stock option granting practices and accounting including regulatory actions; actions that may be taken by significant shareholders; risks associated with our international expansion and growth; consolidation in the telecommunications industry; and potential costs resulting from pending securities and patent litigation against the Company. Any forward-looking statements represent Sonus’ views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing Sonus’ views as of any subsequent date. While Sonus may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point, Sonus specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law.