Ribbon Communications Inc. reports developments in real-time communications technology, secure cloud communications, IP routing and optical networking for service providers, enterprises, critical infrastructure and defense customers. Recurring updates cover quarterly results, bookings commentary, customer network modernization projects, high-capacity optical routes, and products such as Apollo 9608, Muse and the Acumen AIOps platform.
Company news also includes cloud-native voice communications initiatives, including work with Amazon Web Services, as well as investor conference participation and governance changes. Ribbon’s updates commonly connect demand for 5G, broadband, data center interconnect, private optical networks and autonomous-network automation with its communications software and IP Optical portfolio.
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) expanded its longstanding partnership with Viaero Fiber Networks to support the regional provider’s optical transport network. Viaero is integrating Ribbon’s Apollo 9408 and 9608 optical networking technology into its regional fiber infrastructure for long-haul transport and data center interconnection, which links data centers.
The collaboration supports geographically diverse routes connecting emerging data center markets across America’s Heartland with established carrier hubs and national telecommunications networks. Viaero’s underground fiber infrastructure spans more than 3,500 miles across Western and Midwestern states. Ribbon said the expanded collaboration supports Viaero’s continued growth in high-capacity optical transport and data center connectivity.
Ribbon Communications (RBBN) announced that Comm1 is deploying its optical solutions to modernize its network and expand capacity for growing bandwidth demand. The deployment includes NPT 2100 and 2300 platforms for IP routing and transport, alongside the Muse Multilayer Automation Platform for centralized network management and automation.
Ribbon said the combination is designed to streamline Comm1's network operations and support growing traffic, mobile backhaul and cloud-connected services. The selection extends a longstanding relationship between the companies.
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $219 million, with sequential growth and a narrower year-over-year net loss. Revenue rose 14% from the second quarter and compared with $215 million a year earlier. GAAP net loss narrowed to $9 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, from $12 million, or $0.07 per share. Operating income rose to $6 million from $3 million, while gross margin fell to 48.2% from 50.1%.
Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure of operating performance, was $27 million versus $12 million sequentially and $29 million a year earlier. IP Optical Networks revenue rose 17% sequentially; Cloud and Edge revenue increased 11%. Nine-month revenue fell to $574 million from $617 million. Ribbon projects fourth-quarter revenue of $233 million to $247 million, non-GAAP gross margin of 53.5% to 54.5%, and adjusted EBITDA of $40 million to $47 million.
Ribbon Communications (RBBN) appointed Priyanka Kharat as senior vice president and Acumen AI Autonomous Networking Business Leader to oversee its Acumen business. She joins Ribbon's executive team with responsibility for driving the business's next phase of growth.
Kharat previously served as vice president and general manager of Skylar AI at ScienceLogic, leading strategy, development and go-to-market efforts for AI-powered monitoring and automation solutions. Acumen is Ribbon's platform for AI-assisted operations and automation across voice and data networks, offering ready-made applications, AI agents and tools for building custom workflows.
Ribbon Communications (RBBN) announced Call Trust Deepfake Detection, a network-based solution designed to identify AI-generated synthetic audio in voice calls. Ribbon expects customer lab trials to begin in 1Q 2027.
The solution analyzes call streams through Ribbon Session Border Controllers, equipment used to secure voice communications. It is designed to detect synthetic segments within otherwise legitimate calls without requiring users to install an application. Detection data can also be coordinated with third-party security systems to support a broader threat response.
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) will report third-quarter 2026 financial results after the market closes on October 27, 2026. The company will then host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the results with the financial community. A live, listen-only webcast will be available through its investor relations website.
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) is expanding its relationship with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority through an additional deployment supporting communications modernization.
The MTA already uses Ribbon's C20 Call Controller and Application Server to distribute voice services to approximately 70,000 employees. The expanded deployment adds Ribbon's G5 Media Gateway and Professional Services, alongside a new NUSO solution replacing legacy contact center infrastructure. Ribbon says the combined solutions support a transition from legacy telephone systems to SIP-based voice services while preserving existing analog investments and maintaining operational continuity.
Ribbon Communications (RBBN) announced that TNS will incorporate Ribbon technologies into the TNS Hosted Cloud Connect solution to support modernization of legacy voice networks for Communications Service Providers (CSPs).
The fully managed, cloud-based, carrier-grade voice offering targets independent and rural operators that want to replace legacy switching infrastructure without owning and operating their own voice platforms. It is designed to maintain service continuity and voice quality while reducing operational complexity, cost and risk compared with traditional network replacement.
The solution leverages Ribbon's Application Server (AS), Session Border Controller (SBC) and Policy and Routing Server (PSX) alongside TNS Hosted Cloud Connect to provide a practical path from on‑premises infrastructure to cloud-based voice services.
Ribbon (Nasdaq: RBBN) expanded its market-focused critical infrastructure portfolio with new NPT 1022M and NPT 2104 routers, complementing existing NPT 1012D and NPT 2714 platforms and the IP rNOS, optical networking and Muse multilayer automation platform.
According to Ribbon, the solutions target utility grid modernization by supporting legacy and next‑generation operational technologies, including teleprotection, SCADA, deterministic packet transport (MPLS‑TP, SR‑TE), scalable IP/MPLS, class D timing, advanced circuit emulation, 100/400GbE interfaces, quantum-safe security, MACsec, IEC 61850 compliance, IEEE 1613 class B certification and integrated IPoDWDM.
Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq:RBBN) announced it will participate in two investor conferences in August 2026. The company plans to attend the Rosenblatt 6th Annual Tech Summit 2026: The Age of AI on August 17-18, 2026 and the Jefferies Semiconductor, IT Hardware & Communications Technology Conference on August 25, 2026.