Private company

GENBAND

American communications software company

Ribbon Communications Inc. is a public company that makes software, IP and optical networking solutions for service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

1999Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersPlano1
  • Websitewww.genband.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1

Ribbon Communications Inc. is a public company that makes software, IP and optical networking solutions for service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors. The company was formed in 2017, following the merger of Genband and Sonus Networks and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.2

How it started

History

Ribbon Communications was the combination of two companies, each of which had acquired other businesses over their history.

Ribbon Communications

Ribbon Communications was founded in October 2017, following the merger of Genband and Sonus Networks in May.

Ray Dolan initially headed the combined company, while Walsh led the Kandy business unit.

By December, Dolan, who had led Sonus since 2010, resigned.

From Wikipedia’s article on GENBAND, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Products and brands

  • networking hardware

Listed on Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Ribbon Communications1

Timeline

  1. 1999Founded Founded1

Sources

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