Sonus Expands Ecosystem of SIP Trunking Certifications with TalkTalk Business

Certification Ensures Simplified and Secure Deployments of SIP-Based, Real-Time Communication

For Immediate Release: December 15, 2016

Key Takeaways:

  • The Sonus SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 are now certified customer premises equipment (CPE) with TalkTalk Business’ Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Trunking offering.
  • Sonus’ CPE solutions maximize network efficiency, reduce operating costs and provide robust security for complex SIP-based networks, both on-premises and in the Cloud.

SWINDON, UK. – Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a global leader in secure and intelligent Cloud communications, and TalkTalk Business, a leading provider of broadband and phone services, announced today successful interoperability certification between the Sonus SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 and TalkTalk Business’ SIP Trunking offering. With the certification, Sonus adds another provider to its certified list, helping enterprises navigate the decision process of picking a trusted SIP provider.

TalkTalk Business supports hundreds of partners throughout the United Kingdom. In the last 12 months, TalkTalk Business on-boarded more than 100 new SIP partners, growing its SIP base by over 35 percent. With the ability to re-route calls, move numbers across multiple sites and switch from one channel to another to mitigate service interruption, TalkTalk Business delivers a flexible and resilient SIP Trunking offering.

As demand for SIP Trunking services continues to rise, Sonus’ list of certified partners ensure enterprise customers can utilize industry-leading CPE devices during SIP deployments to provide a more seamless flow of real-time communications.

Sonus’ SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 provide robust security, reduce operating costs, and maximize network efficiency during SIP deployments with industry-leading capabilities, such as:

  • Security: Sonus SBCs protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, provide encryption for sessions traveling across the network, and protect against toll fraud from malicious outside users accessing the network.
  • Transcoding: Sonus SBCs interwork Unified Communications (UC) signaling and media protocols so UC features work seamlessly across varying clients, networks and PBX domains.
  • Quality of Service: Sonus SBCs provide a view into overall network utilization and policy-based priorities for different applications and users. It also determines if and when sessions should occur and what priority and amount of bandwidth they should be assigned, ensuring a high quality of experience for users.

Quotes:

“SIP simplifies the data center, reduces costs and enables new features for Unified Communications,” said Kevin Baynes, general manager, UK and Central Europe, Sonus. “But it is imperative organizations have an SBC that works seamlessly with their SIP Trunking provider to thwart threats, perform interworking and provide network reliability. With this recent certification, they have that.”

“We are delighted to announce we have signed as a Certified SIP Trunking Provider for Sonus,” said Guy Miller, Director of Next Generation Voice Services, TalkTalk Business. “TalkTalk Business is always looking at different ways to support its partners and customers with new products and technology, offering solutions for businesses.”

Additional Resources:

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 TalkTalk Business:

TalkTalk Business is one of the UK’s fastest growing B2B telecoms providers, offering a full range of business-grade communications products and services, spanning internet access, data, voice and mobile. TalkTalk Business serves the needs of over 180,000 UK businesses, from national retailers to sole traders and public sector customers, plus 800+ Partners. TalkTalk Business offers a wide range of services spanning internet access, voice and mobile, to help business customers deliver both now and in the future.

TalkTalk Business thrives on innovation, looking for ways to disrupt the market and deliver value back to our customers. Following an investment of over £600m, it operates one of Britain’s largest Next Generation Networks, with 95% coverage, 99.995% reliability and more than 3,000 enabled exchanges for Ethernet, EFM and Business Broadband. TalkTalk Business also prides itself on being easy to deal with, employing over 600 dedicated UK-based business service specialists.

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. Sonus’ 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

For TalkTalk Business:

Coralie Frost
Coralie.frost@talktalkplc.com

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