The Session Border Controller Community

Welcome to the Session Border Controller Community

As the VoIP world is ever-changing with developing technologies in the communications space including interconnectivity, BYOD requirements and SIP trunking, this site is your daily dose of news about everything Session Border Controller-related. As a forum for discussion around the latest progress in Security, Session Management, Transcoding, IPv6 migration and Policy; the Session Border Controller community houses all the information news and events you will need to stay up-to-date on how to better manage and simply your network.
TMCnet Session Border Controller Week in Review
With the global proliferation of voice over IP (VoIP) services, telecom carriers worldwide are adopting session border controllers (SBCs) to drive VoIP and the related SIP trunking communications business. As a result, this past week there were several international announcements in this space.
5/18/2013
Smarttel Technologies Selects Session Border Controllers from Sonus
Smarttel Technologies - a global carrier based in Bangladesh - has selected session border controllers (SBC) from Sonus. The company opted for the Sonus SBC 5100 for its Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) platform used in its network, TMCnet reported.
5/15/2013
Carrier IP Telephony Market Down in Q1: IMS Core, SBC and VAS Grew 10 Percent
As newer technologies are widely adopted, legacy technologies are often retired as a result; such is the way of the technology industry. Indeed, a recent report from Dell'Oro Group, a market research firm for the networking and telecommunications industries, has underscored this point further with revenue performance from the first quarter in the carrier IP telephony market.
5/15/2013
Sonus PSX server selected by Iristel
Sonus Networks, Inc., a company that deals in SIP communications, recently announced that its Sonus PSX Centralized Policy and Routing Server has been selected by Iristel, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, to centralize management and provisioning of all routes and network policies within the core of its network.
5/14/2013
Sonus Networks Shows Commitment to Service Provider and Enterprise Session Border Controller Markets
Sonus Networks has dedicated itself to serving the breadth of the session border controller market, from the enterprise all the way to the service provider. In its ongoing efforts to provide to both sets of customers, Sonus has made several hardware and software changes to its line of session border controllers.
5/14/2013

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Video Showcase

Sonus Networks: David Tipping
Sonus Speaks about SIP Trunking and SBCs
Todd Abbott describes New SBC 5100 and describes how Sonus enables cloud-based UC

Solution Corner

The Sonus SBC 1000
Sonus now brings session border controller (SBC) SIP communication capability to the enterprise branch and small and medium businesses. To further address deployment needs Sonus has also enabled branch survivability, Microsoft Lync primary / back-up server, and integrated analog ports all within the ... Learn More »

Featured Whitepapers

Session Border Controller - Cable Communications Company & Sonus Centralized Policy Server
Cable Communications Company & Sonus Centralized Policy Server
This Sonus customer is a cable multiple system operator responsible for operating a competitive cable TV, Internet and telephone service business in more than 20 independent markets throughout the United States. As a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which unleashed unprecedented competition in local telephone service, the customer initiated a communications service architecture that addressed ...
Session Border Controller - A Seamless Migration from WiMAX to LTE Using the Sonus SIP Core Network
A Seamless Migration from WiMAX to LTE Using the Sonus SIP Core Network
Today, as the industry shifts its attention to LTE and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) networks, early WiMAX adopters are looking to migrate their network strategy away from the WiMAX model to the more broadly adopted LTE model.

Featured Datasheets

Session Border Controller - The Sonus VX1800 Voice Exchange
The Sonus VX1800 Voice Exchange
Traditional Enterprise communications are silos with multiple networks with their own dedicated platforms, protocols, and devices. Additionally, organizations may have diverse systems leading to large and complex networks.
Session Border Controller - The Sonus VX Series - Billing Integration System
The Sonus VX Series - Billing Integration System
The Sonus VX Series - Billing Integration System VXgate performs real-time transaction processing between VX Series gateways and backoffice billing systems. VX Series's high avaiability architecture extends to the VXgate application.

Featured Brochures

Session Border Controller - The Sonus VX Series - Billing Integration System
The Evolution of Session Border Control
Session Border Controllers have come a long way since they were first conceived in the early 2000s as a simple, security-focused element. As service providers and enterprises began deploying more advanced real-time applications over IP-including Unified Communications, video, instant messaging, and conferencing-the burden on SBCs grew in step.
Session Border Controller - The Sonus VX1800 Voice Exchange
Sonus SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 Remote Configuration Services
The Sonus SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 session border controllers are designed for enterprises and managed service providers that require a small- to mid-sized SBC. These SBCs deliver enterprise-grade features, easy integration with Microsoft Lync and support for both TDM and IP trunks, which allows the SBC 1000/2000 to function as a Survivable Branch Appliance.
Session Border Controller - The Sonus VX Series - Billing Integration System
The ABCs of PCI DSS + VoIP
As the boundaries between VoIP and IP-based data networks continue to blur, enterprises would be wise to apply the same levels of network security across all entrypoints. Session border controllers are designed to protect VoIP network borders from unauthorized entry, but not all SBCs are created equal in terms of security features and functionality.