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Fonality Taps Sonus for Stellar Network Performance

By Mini Swamy
TMCnet Contributor

Fonality (News - Alert) has entered into a partnership with the IP communications vendor Sonus Networks to enhance the performance, reliability and capability of its cloud-hosted VoIP and Unified Communications (UC) network.

Sonus' SBC 5200 session border controllers and NetScore, a network performance analyzer, will help Fonality to scale and grow effectively, increase operational efficiencies of its cloud-hosted network, reduce operating cost, and maximize ROI, according to company officials.

According to Infonetics (News - Alert) Research, the Sonus SBC 5200 supports 64,000 sessions on a single server, which is more than twice the capacity of the leading SBC competitor.

Sonus Networks (News - Alert) delivers any media to any device in a secure and reliable manner and by integrating the Sonus solution, Fonality's network will be able to accommodate increased demands for SIP-based UC and contact center application features. Considered one of North America's fastest growing providers of business communication, Fonality has enabled more than two billion calls across the cloud.

"Our portfolio of SBCs is purpose-built to help service providers experience the benefits of SIP to help deliver new Cloud-ready features and capabilities for the customers they serve," said Todd Abbott (News - Alert), senior vice president of sales and marketing at Sonus, in a statement.

Fonality offers small and mid-size businesses comprehensive UC and cloud-hosted VoIP solutions at about 43 percent less on average over a three-year period than legacy solutions from leading companies and its HUD for Mobile was a 2011 Internet Telephony (News - Alert) magazine 'Product of the Year' award winner.

In oher news, Sonus Networks has partnered with John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the publisher of the For Dummies book series, to produce Session border Controllers for Dummies, Sonus Special Edition.