The Sonus Open Services Partner Alliance

In today’s highly competitive service provider environment, innovation is the key to success. Service innovation boosts revenue by building customer loyalty and by attracting new subscribers. Infrastructure innovation keeps costs under control, enables new services and assures compliance with important regulatory requirements. But innovation is a risky balancing act. Move too slowly and you will fall behind the competition. Move too quickly and service quality can suffer.

OSPA takes the risk out of innovation

The Sonus Open Services Partner Alliance^SM (OSPA) keeps service providers at the forefront of innovation, but without all the risk. Constantly tracking innovative new services and technologies, OSPA creates strategic partnerships with best-in-class telecom applications and infrastructure companies. Partner products are integrated and tested with the Sonus IMS architecture promoting deployments that are more rapid and reliable. By anticipating technology and market trends, OSPA helps service providers introduce new services and exploit emerging technologies quickly and confidently.

OSPA satisfies unique requirements

OSPA also recognizes that one size does not fit all. Many service providers have special needs. To support these requirements, OSPA forms technology partnerships with companies whose products deliver a specific service or fill a particular technology niche. By maintaining both strategic and technology partnerships, OSPA complements far-sighted market and technology vision with the near-term focus and flexibility to meet each service provider’s unique requirements.

OSPA supports industry-wide interoperability

The OSPA Vendor Certification Program further helps manage unnecessary risk by ensuring that Sonus interoperability testing is available on an industry-wide basis to vendors who offer products designed for an IMS-enabled next-generation service provider environment. While no set of tests can guarantee complete interoperability across all customer environments, earning the Sonus-Powered designation through the OSPA Vendor Certification program signifies that a baseline of service-level interoperability has been successfully achieved in an independent lab environment.

OSPA creates complete solutions

By combining advanced partner products with Sonus' field-proven IMS architecture, OSPA creates complete state-of-the-art solutions. The confusion and finger-pointing often associated with multi-vendor integration are eliminated because Sonus tests, delivers and supports the entire system. Instead of a risky balancing act, service providers enjoy a safe, sure path to innovation.