Genband buys Siemens DCO products

The German telecom company Siemens is in the process of spinning its carrier-related business into a joint venture with Nokia. But it paused this week to sell its Digital Central Office product line to Genband, which makes and IMS-compliant media gateway and other carrier-grade products. The idea behind the deal seems to be that Genband will publish the interface specs for the DCO line as well as Siemens's EWSD products--and sell ways to integrate them with the IMS world. Pricing of the deal was not announced.

For more about the Siemens/Genband deal:
- read this article from Xchange Online.