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IT administrators in mid-sized enterprises wanting a tool to ensure secure connectivity to Microsoft Cloud
About Ekinops SBC
Ekinops' Session Border Controller (SBC) is a Microsoft-certified enterprise solution designed to deliver security and interoperability with leading IP-PBXs and major SIP-based environments. Available as a virtual network function (ONEvSBC) or integrated into Ekinops' voice and data Multi-Service Access Routers (ONeSBC), it supports SIP trunking for various applications, including Microsoft Teams Direct Routing and Unified Communications. The SBC offers robust security features such as network demarcation, hidden topology, and NAT traversal. It provides extensive support for wideband and narrowband audio codecs through media transcoding, ensuring high voice quality by prioritizing voice and video traffic and supporting Call Admission Control (CAC). Fully compliant with SIP Connect 1.1 and 2.0 recommendations, Ekinops SBC reduces service validation delays, accelerating time-to-market for new PBX vendor integrations.
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