Sonus Networks, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. Sonus was founded in 1997 with the mission of building carrier-class network solutions to facilitate the movement of telephony from circuit networks to packet networks, and to enable a new generation of packet-based applications for integrated voice and data services. The Sonus Packet Telephony suite and Open Services ArchitectureTM(OSA) cut the time-to-market for innovative new service products from years to weeks, allowing carriers and third-party developers to build important new revenue streams and reshape the competitiveness and economics of their market. Sonus Networks' 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 building carrier-class equipment to support the movement of data, voice and multimedia information. It is our belief that the depth and breadth of relevant telecommunications, data communications and real-time multimedia experience of Sonus is unique in the industry. We are confident that no other company combines this type of experience with the agility characteristic of a small, entrepreneurial venture. Sonus is a well-capitalized company whose investors are the leading Route 128 venture capitalists. These firms count among their prior investments many of the great success stories of the modern, high-tech world. |