Wednesday, October 27, 2010

GENBAND Gets Another Middle Eastern Win

Plano-based GENBAND has scored another win in the Middle East, announcing for the second time this month that it has added a telecommunications carrier in the region as a customer. GENBAND said that du, a provider of telecom services to the UAE, has adopted the firm's IP switching products. Financial terms of the win were not disclosed. GENBAND said its equipment is being used to expand du's fixed network, offering up Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications to residential and business subscribers across the UAE. du is joinly owned by the UAE Federal Government, Mubadala Development Company, the Emirates Communications & Technology Company, and public shareholders. GENBAND had announced a win in Saudi Arabia earlier this month with Digital Star.