W3TEL Taps Ribbon for Network Expansion, Regulatory Compliance

Ribbon Communications Inc., a global provider of real time communications technology and IP optical networking solutions to many of the world’s largest service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators to modernize and protect their networks has announced that W3TEL a French provider of communications services to enterprises, has selected Ribbon’s solutions to support its growth, simplify its network operations and fulfill French government mandates around call security.

“Ribbon’s comprehensive solution allows us to deliver better services to our customers, streamline our network management, and meet our regulatory obligations while supporting the growth of our business,” said Cédric Bornecque, President, W3TEL. “We look forward to a productive partnership.”

W3TEL has selected Ribbon’s STIR/SHAKEN solution, part of the Ribbon Call Trust® portfolio, to meet requirements for caller identity authentication, signing, verification and certificate management as defined by French law as part of the MAN (Mécanisme d'Authentification des Numéros) Project conducted by French telecommunications regulator ARCEP. W3TEL is also leveraging Ribbon’s market leading SBC SWe for security and interworking, PSX, which delivers policy and routing for VoIP services, and RAMP for centralized management, enabling it to establish and manage its proprietary network configuration and call flows seamlessly.

“We’re pleased to add W3TEL to our roster of clients leveraging our solutions to adapt to the regulatory demands of the French market and to enable them to further enhance their business customers’ overall telephony experience by helping to power today’s work modes,” said Christian Erbe, Ribbon’s Head of Europe Sales.

Ribbon Communications delivers communications software, IP and optical networking solutions to service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors globally.