Award Recognizes Industry Leadership and Cutting Edge Technology Innovation

For Immediate Release: December 14, 2016

WESTFORD, Mass. – Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a global leader in secure and intelligent Cloud communications, announced today that the company’s CTO and SVP of Engineering and Operations, Kevin Riley, was named a Gold winner by Best in Biz in the Technology Executive of the Year category.

A Massachusetts native, Kevin has more than 20 years of software development and engineering experience and has been instrumental in Sonus’ efforts to drive an industry leading technology roadmap. While Kevin is focused on leading the engineering team, his main goal is to drive Sonus’ innovation and development activities, with a particular focus on enabling NFV Cloud-based architectures of the future.

The sixth annual program in North America garnered more than 600 entries, from an array of public and private companies of all sizes and from a variety of industries and geographic regions in the U.S. and Canada. Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2016 were determined based on scoring from an independent panel of 50 judges from widely known newspapers, business, consumer and technology publications, TV outlets, and analyst firms.

Quotes:

“It is a privilege to be recognized by Best in Biz with this award,” said Riley. “This award provides validation that Sonus’ core is in innovation and reflects the talent and dedication from our engineers across the world.”

“It was an honor judging the Executive of the Year category. I love entrepreneurship, and these business leaders are job creators and innovators,” said Gina Jordan, WLRN, one of the judges on this year’s Best in Biz Awards’ judging panel. “Growing a company, exponentially increasing its workforce, and expanding into loftier ventures – it’s all in a day’s work for these folks. What I see in these executives is a fearless drive to succeed, persevere and transform. They are an inspiration!”

Other Facts:

• The Best in Biz awards are the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.
• Sonus was named a Bronze winner by Best in Biz for Marketing Campaign of the Year category in 2015.

Additional Resources:

• See the full list of gold, silver and bronze winners in Best in Biz Awards 2016.

About Sonus:

Sonus brings the next generation of Cloud-based SIP and 4G/VoLTE solutions to its customers by enabling and securing mission critical traffic for VoIP, video, IM and online collaboration. With Sonus, enterprises can intelligently secure and prioritize real-time communications, while service providers can deliver reliable, secure real-time services for mobile, UC and social applications. Sonus offers an award-winning portfolio of hardware-based and virtualized Session Border Controllers (SBCs), Diameter Signaling Controllers (DSCs), Cloud Exchange Networking Platform, Policy/Routing servers and media/signaling gateways. Visit www.sonus.net or call 1-855-GO-SONUS. Follow Sonus on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.

About Best in Biz Awards:

Now in its sixth year, Best in Biz Awards recognizes companies for their business success as judged by established members of the press and industry analysts. Best in Biz Awards honors are currently conferred in two separate programs: North America and International, and in more than 60 categories, including company, team, executive, product and PR and media. Entries for Best in Biz Awards 2017 International are currently being accepted until the final deadline on April 28, 2017. For more information, visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com.

Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

The information in this release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with Sonus’ business, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of Sonus’ most recent annual or quarterly report filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements represent Sonus’ views only as of the date on which such statement is made 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.

For Sonus:

Jason Vancura, +1-978-614-8321
jvancura@sonusnet.com