Sonus Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:SONS) has teamed up with Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) as it moves to bet big on services aimed at securing the mobile telecom industry. Its latest invention as part of the partnership is a security architecture designed to prevent revenue losses on mobile network infrastructure as well as avert service abuse. The new architecture targets the company’s VoLTE and VoWiFi services as the company looks to target new mobile customers.
New Security Architecture
The new security architecture will make it easy for mobile operators to monitor their networks and be able to weed out any malware.
“The Sonus and Palo Alto Networks architecture brings together the unique capabilities offered by each company to deliver a best-in-class security solution for mobile operators that unifies LTE data and VoLTE security policy and enforcement,” said Kevin Riley, Sonus CTO, and senior vice president, Engineering
The new security architecture could not have come at a better time as the race to provide secure voice and video communications over the internet heats up. The same should bolster Sonus Networks position in the fast growing mobile communications space.
5G Networks Opportunities
Telecom industry shifting its attention to 5G network has already resulted in new opportunities that Sonus and Palo are planning to take advantage of. With the new technology, phone calls and messaging services could soon be treated like data packets as they move over the internet. Hosting these services on the internet could expose them to risks of coming under attack, calling for new ways of protecting them.
Securing networks hosting voice and messaging services online looks set to become big business if the latest partnership between Sonus Networks and Palo Alto Networks is anything to go by.
By focusing on mobile network security Sonus hopes to expand its wings in the telecom industry in addition to being a VoLTE service provider. By Teaming up with Palo Networks, the company hopes to move in front of the queue on the detection of security issues in mobile networks as it moves to redefine the fast growing landscape.
Sonus Networks stock was unchanged in Friday trading session having lost $0.05 a share to close the week at $6.75 a share.
