Metaswitch jumps into crowded SBC market; Mitel will stick with single-tier model

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> When it comes to session border controllers, there's Acme Packet--and everyone else. Metaswitch, best known for its VoIP and application server platforms, nonetheless has a deep history in SBCs, supplying an SBC software stack to large NEMs and reselling the crucial network element from a variety of partners as part of IP deployments. Article

> Despite signing its first distribution partner for four years, Mitel will not be moving back towards a two-tier model at large, the vendor claimed. Article

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