Ribbon Communications recently announced that Ribbon is an ecosystem partner supporting Microsoft’s new Operator Connect Accelerator for Microsoft Teams.
Ribbon is extending its multi-tenant, software as a service (SaaS) solution, Ribbon Connect for Operator Connect, to support service provider deployments of Operator Connect. Ribbon Connect empowers service providers to speed up delivery of Operator Connect.
Operator Connect is Microsoft’s operator-managed service for interconnection between Teams and telecom services. With more than 270 million active monthly users, simplifying access to telecom services for Teams users better positions its Phone System services as a replacement for traditional telephony services and other cloud Unified Communications offerings. Operator Connect Accelerator offers service providers the opportunity to engage with an authorized Microsoft ecosystem partner to provide integration tools, service offerings and professional services to jump-start their Operator Connect deployments, giving providers greater access to this new group of Teams customers.
Ribbon Connect enables service providers such as Switch Connect, who is among the first Ribbon customers to offer the service, to dramatically accelerate the time-to-market for their Microsoft Teams connectivity offers by leveraging turnkey, market-proven technology and eliminating the need to build and maintain their own solutions.
The Ribbon Connect architecture fully complements Ribbon’s extensive portfolio of Microsoft certified SBCs, Analytics for Teams and Voice Threat Prevention capabilities.
Tony Scarfo, EVP & General Manager of Ribbon’s Cloud & Edge Business Unit
Since the launch of Microsoft Operator Connect, we have worked closely with Microsoft to build out our expertise and infrastructure to support the service. In addition, we have been deeply engaged globally with our service provider customers including Switch Connect and others, helping them on-board and integrate with the service, and now many are anxious to accelerate that process using the new Operator Connect Accelerator.
Taimoor Husain, Modern Workplace Strategy and GTM Lead, Telcos at Microsoft
Operator Connect Accelerator is designed to help service providers dramatically improve the time it takes to deploy their telecom services for Teams, reducing time-to-market and making it easier for businesses to adopt Teams as their office phone system, replacing costly legacy equipment.
