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Company Participates in CTAM Tech Tour & “Cable in the Cloud” Webinar Hosted by Multichannel News

Vienna, VA – April 29, 2010 - Acumen Solutions, a leading business and technology consulting firm that specializes in leveraging cloud computing applications for business support systems in the cable MSO industry, announced today that it has been chosen by a selection committee of cable company Chief Information Officers (CIOs) as a finalist in the first-ever CIO.IT | Competition, a competitive program of solution-based presentations scheduled for the CIO.IT program at The Cable Show 2010, May 11-13, 2010, in Los Angeles, where the company is exhibiting at Booth 2139. Acumen Solutions also announced that it will demo cable IT applications on the CTAM Tech Tour during the Show and recently participated in a cloud computing applications webinar hosted by Multichannel News: “Soar in the Cloud: Taking Cable’s Business Ops Higher” which aired on more

Sets New Standard For Scale And Geographic Resiliency, Providing Consumer And Business Subscriber Features For Network Transformation To VoIP

WESTFORD, Mass., April 29 — Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONS - News), a market leader in next generation IP-based network solutions, today announced enhancements to its ASX VoIP platform to triple its effective capacity, increase geographic resiliency and extend support for next generation voice over broadband, cable, 4G/WiMAX networks, as well as legacy last mile CLASS 5 deployments.

Sonus ASX is a market-leading solution for IP-based subscriber features, supporting both consumer and business segments, with deployments of millions of subscriber lines worldwide.

“Our continued investment in the ASX platform extends our leadership in the subscriber services market,” said Guru Pai, chief operating officer at Sonus Networks. “As voice over broadband solutions move to high volume deployments, scale and resiliency are of the highest importance. Our enhanced ASX platform more

Scale, Call Routing And Access SBC Functionality Enhancements Make NBS-9000 A Best In Class Solution For Hybrid And Pure IP Session Border Control Markets

WESTFORD, Mass., April 29 — Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONS - News), a market leader in next generation IP-based network solutions, today announced significant enhancements to its existing NBS-9000, offered as a software upgrade on its proven GSX platform. The Sonus NBS-9000 is a widely deployed SBC solution amongst tier-one service provider networks and enterprises globally. It allows service providers to offer both IP to IP session management and TDM to IP capabilities on the same platform, driving capital and operational savings, increasing ROI on IP infrastructure investments, and enhancing deployment flexibility with ease of use. NBS-9000 grew faster than the session border control market in 2009.

“Hybrid networks deployed using the NBS-9000 offer an elegant way for customers to migrate from TDM-based networks more