GENBAND: Sonus and GENBAND Provide Update on Proposed Combination

WESTFORD, Mass. and PLANO, Texas, Sept. 25, 2017 -- Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS) ("Sonus"), a global leader in securing cloud and real-time communications, and GENBAND , a leading provider of carrier and enterprise network transformation and real-time communications solutions, today announced that the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sonus formed to act as a holding company in connection with the transaction ("NewCo"), has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the proposed combination of Sonus and GENBAND.