Sonus Networks Debuts Sonus Insight to Address Carriers' Network Management Challenges

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Sonus Insight Incorporates Broad Set of Key Management Functions in Single System; Enables Service Providers to Rapidly Deploy Networks and Deliver Revenue-Generating Services

WESTFORD, Mass., September 6, 2000 – Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS), a leading provider of voice infrastructure solutions for the new public network, today introduced Sonus Insight, a comprehensive, web-based element management system (EMS) designed to simplify the operation of carrier-class packet voice networks. Sonus Insight consolidates key management functions, streamlining many of today’s manual and labor-intensive equipment management processes. Additionally, through Sonus Insight, carriers can quickly build out their packet voice networks and bill for a range of traditional and enhanced voice services. 

"Provisioning and managing large, multinational voice networks has traditionally been a very complex, time-consuming proposition," said Mike Hluchyj, Sonus’ founder and chief technology officer. "We’ve developed Sonus Insight to ease the management burden carriers are facing and to enable them to more rapidly roll out their networks and reap the benefits of packet telephony."

The open, standards-based management system introduced today is highly scalable, supporting hundreds of switches and concurrent users. Sonus Insight provides a complete set of management functions including configuration management, performance management, accounting management, security management and fault management. Sonus Insight manages all elements of Sonus’ award-winning Packet Telephony suite, which comprises the GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the PSX6000 SoftSwitch and the SGX2000 SS7 Signaling Gateway.

Sonus Insight presents users with a web-based, task-oriented graphical user interface (GUI) that eliminates the need to move between various management systems. The Sonus solution enables service providers to: rapidly provision services; monitor, isolate and manage equipment faults; monitor system performance; and collect billing information. Additionally, Sonus Insight seamlessly integrates into carriers’ existing operating support systems (OSS) via CORBA and SNMP interfaces.

To deliver comprehensive accounting and billing capabilities in Sonus Insight, Sonus also announced an OEM relationship with AP Engines, a provider of integrated service creation and billing mediation solutions. Through this partnership, AP Engines has integrated its financial-grade billing mediation software with Sonus’ voice infrastructure solutions. The alliance speeds the deployment of packet voice networks by enabling carriers to move telephony services from circuit to packet networks without disrupting the existing billing and customer care infrastructures. (See today’s press release "AP Engines and Sonus Networks Announce OEM Partnership to Accelerate Deployment of Enhanced IP Services".)

Product Availability

The Sonus Insight system is commercially available today.

About Sonus Networks, Inc.

Sonus Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of voice infrastructure products for the new public network. Sonus’ solutions enable service providers to deploy an integrated network capable of carrying both voice and data traffic, and to deliver a range of innovative, new services. The Sonus Open Services Architecture (OSA) and award-winning Packet Telephony suite cut the time-to-market for competitive new service products, allowing carriers and third-party developers to expand marketshare and build important new revenue streams. Its highly scalable products fully interoperate with and extend the life and utility of today’s public network. Sonus embodies in its management and staff decades of experience in developing carrier-class voice, data and multimedia solutions for implementation in the world’s largest networks. Sonus, founded in 1997, is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. Additional information on Sonus is available at http://www.sonusnet.com.

This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Sonus 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 Sonus’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed with the SEC, which identifies important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. 

Sonus Insight, GSX9000, PSX6000, SGX2000 and Open Services Architecture are trademarks of Sonus Networks. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.