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Sonus Networks and Cantata Technology Partner to Deliver Scalable
End User Services
Integration of Cantata Media Server with Sonus’ Industry
Leading IMS-Ready Architecture Streamlines Consumer Access to Innovative
New Services
CHELMSFORD, Mass., October 24, 2006 – Sonus
Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a leading supplier of service provider
Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, and Cantata Technology,
one of the world’s leading independent providers of enabling
communications technology, announced today that the two companies
have partnered to help network operators leverage the benefits of
an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environment by providing a robust
framework for the development and delivery of IMS-ready applications
and services. Through the partnership between Sonus and Cantata,
Cantata’s SnowShore® IP Media Server™ has been integrated
with Sonus’ IMS-ready architecture to perform the Media Resource
Function (MRF) and facilitate the seamless delivery of subscriber-focused
services and applications that enrich the communication experience.
“The next generation of telephony is centered on enabling
the integration of multiple ways of communicating,” said Steve
Edwards, Chief Marketing Officer. “Our partnership with Cantata
empowers network operators to start moving towards an IMS application
infrastructure, while delivering immediate value through enhanced
services today.”
By integrating Sonus’ ASX™ Feature Server and IMX™
Multimedia Application Platform, key elements of Sonus’ IMS-ready
architecture, with Cantata’s software-based SnowShore IP Media
Server, the two companies can help network operators accelerate
the delivery of new services to market and provide the foundation
for the development and delivery of Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP) and VoiceXML (vXML)-based applications through powerful scripting
capabilities and multimedia processing.
“Our partnership with Sonus combines the power of their industry-leading
IMS-ready architecture with Cantata’s market-leading software-based
media server,” said Peter Vescuso, Vice President of Marketing,
Cantata. “By working together to pioneer the development of
next generation voice services, we’re providing the tools
our customers need to differentiate themselves in an increasingly
competitive market and to respond to the consumer demand for communications
services that are exciting and useful.”
Cantata is a strategic member of Sonus’ Open Services Partner
Alliance (OSPA) program, the industry’s largest interoperability
and testing organization. The OSPA is designed to deliver added
value to network operators deploying Sonus’ IMS-ready network
architecture.
About Cantata Technology
Cantata Technology, established in 2006 through the combination
of Brooktrout Technology® and Excel Switching Corporation, provides
enabling communications hardware and software that empowers the
creation and delivery of anytime, anywhere IP-based communications
applications. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, Cantata
offers the broadest range of products, along with a worldwide network
of partners that allows service provider and enterprise customers
to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively
transition networks to IP. Headquartered in Needham, Mass., Cantata
maintains multiple locations worldwide in North America, Asia and
Europe. For more information, visit http://www.cantata.com.
About Sonus Networks
Sonus Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP)
infrastructure solutions 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 Chelmsford,
Massachusetts. Additional information on Sonus is available at http://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 the “Risk Factors” section of Sonus’
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated May 8, 2006, 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
announced review of its historical stock option grants and accounting,
including any potential impact of the Company’s financial
statements or results, the Company’s inability to timely report
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company’s
potential inability to meet NASDAQ requirements for continued listing,
potential investigations or litigation arising out of the review
or any restatement; risks associated with our international expansion
and growth; consolidation in the telecommunications industry; and
potential costs resulting from pending securities 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.
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company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies
with which they are associated.
Cantata, Cantata Technology, Brooktrout, Brooktrout
Technology, SnowShore IP Media Server and the stylized logo with
and without the term Cantata Technology are trademarks or registered
trademarks of EAS Group, Inc., the parent company of Cantata Technology,
Inc or its subsidiaries.
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