Expansion of SBC product sales

「As the first domestic vendor to receive connectivity certification for Zoom Phone and Microsoft Teams, the company has seen further demand growth, enabling a wide range of connections between fixed-line telephones, smartphones and other devices.」

「当社SBCはMicrosoft Teams、Zoom Phoneの認定を受けており、⼤規模ユーザー層でのライセンス販売が好調。」

「Demand has continued to expand because the company was the first domestic vendor to receive connectivity certification for Zoom Phone and Microsoft Teams, and the only Japanese company to do so. The product is also used as a platform for cloud PBX services provided by cloud service providers.」

「In the full MVNO project promoted by Japan Communications Inc., the group's "NX-B5000" was adopted for gateway functionality, and the company provided technical support.」

「This product has been widely adopted by companies advancing the conversion of telephone facilities to internet-based systems and as a gateway for cloud PBX service providers, following the strong evaluation of the group's track record with telecommunications carriers. Demand is also expected to increase as the transition to IP accelerates among enterprise users and in contact centers.」

「The group's track record with products for telecommunications carriers was highly evaluated, leading to the adoption of its products for the conversion of a large-scale IVR service provider's facilities to IP and as a gateway for a cloud PBX service provider.」

「The group's track record with products for telecommunications carriers was highly evaluated, leading to the adoption of its products for the conversion of a large-scale IVR service provider's facilities to IP and as a gateway for a cloud PBX service provider.」

「In the area of PSTN migration, projects involving additional functionality for the software SBC "NX-B5000" for major telecommunications carriers have settled down as migration is scheduled for completion in 2025. Recently, however, demand for IP telephone services among general enterprises has expanded, driven in part by the promotion of remote work. This is expected to increase traffic, leading to sales of the multi-connection gateway "NX-B5000 for Enterprise." The company also made sales for the conversion of facilities to IP at a large-scale IVR service provider. This indicates that the transition to IP is also accelerating among enterprise users and in contact centers, and the company will continue working to win projects while responding to customer needs.」

「Projects involving additional functionality for the software SBC "NX-B5000" for major telecommunications carriers have settled down as migration is scheduled for completion in 2025. Recently, however, demand for IP telephone services among general enterprises has expanded, driven in part by the promotion of remote work. This is expected to increase traffic, leading to sales of the multi-connection gateway "NX-B5000 for Enterprise."」

「In the area of PSTN migration, although there has been a decline in projects involving additional functionality as the migration nears completion, the company continues to sell the software SBC "NX-B5000" to telecommunications carriers for traffic management in enterprise IP telephone services, as well as for adding equipment needed to operate those services, amid the expansion of remote work.」

「The company also sold the software SBC "NX-B5000 for Enterprise" for Zoom Phone and provided design and implementation support. Connecting Zoom Phone with "NX-B5000 for Enterprise" enables users to make and receive calls from Zoom Phone without changing their existing lines or telephone numbers.」

「The software SBC "NX-B5000," which enables IP interconnection between carriers, was added at a new site of a telecommunications carrier.」

「NX-B5000, adopted by major telecommunications carriers for inter-carrier IP interconnection, was enhanced and sold to carriers currently operating the system and to carriers introducing it for the first time.」

「Sales of licenses for the software IP-PBX “NX-C1000” and software SBC “NX-B5000” remained strong from the previous fiscal year, helped by the broader shift toward remote work. The software is provided for corporate IP telephone solutions offered by major telecommunications carriers and cloud-based extension telephone services using smartphones, and we continue to win orders for additional licenses. In addition, for the core systems of an electric utility-affiliated telecommunications carrier, we won a large project to establish a backup site and strengthen security monitoring as business continuity measures, and delivered the licenses and equipment.」

「Sales of licenses for the software IP-PBX “NX-C1000” and software SBC “NX-B5000” remained strong from the previous fiscal year, helped by the broader shift toward remote work. The software is provided for corporate IP telephone solutions offered by major telecommunications carriers and cloud-based extension telephone services using smartphones, and we continue to win orders for additional licenses.」

「Regarding PSTN migration, NX-B5000, adopted by major telecommunications carriers for inter-carrier IP interconnection, was enhanced and delivered to carriers currently operating the system and to carriers introducing it for the first time. As a result, revenue from Communications Systems and Solutions for the three months ended was ¥375.236 million, up 267.8% year on year.」

「In connection with PSTN migration, we deployed the software SBC “NX-B5000,” which provides inter-carrier IP interconnection, and an ENUM system for identifying the carrier hosting a telephone number, at telecommunications carriers. We provided additional NX-B5000 licenses to expand facilities at carriers whose traffic had increased with the rise in telework, and provided licenses for the software IP-PBX “NX-C1000” and NX-B5000 as the number of users of communications services provided by carriers to general corporations increased.」

「• We won and delivered orders for upgrades involving additional functions for the software SBC “NX-B5000” for major telecommunications carriers, as well as additional NX-B5000 licenses to expand facilities for carriers whose traffic had increased with the rise in working from home. • We won and delivered licenses for the IP-PBX “NX-C1000” to financial institution users of general corporate services provided by telecommunications carriers. • In connection with PSTN migration, we won and delivered a new order from a major telecommunications carrier for the software SBC “NX-B5000,” required for inter-carrier IP interconnection.」

「We won orders for additional licenses for the software SBC “NX-B5000” and IP-PBX “NX-C1000.” For major telecommunications carriers, we sold upgrades involving additional functions for existing SBCs and additional licenses, and added several thousand licenses for financial institution users of services provided by major telecommunications carriers to general companies. Inquiries through partners also increased.」

「Regarding sales of the software SBC “NX-B5000,” we continue to market upgrades and functional enhancements for existing SBCs and new projects, primarily to major telecommunications carriers. During the current fiscal year, we also won renewal projects for each site of a major telecommunications carrier’s in-house call centers and completed migration by site. We will focus on acquiring new projects.」

「Regarding sales of “NX-B5000,” we continue to market upgrades and functional enhancements for existing SBCs and new projects, primarily to major telecommunications carriers. During the current fiscal year, we also won renewal projects for each site of a major telecommunications carrier’s in-house call centers and are progressing with migration at each site.」

「Regarding sales of “NX-B5000” licences, the company continued securing upgrades and functional enhancements from existing SBCs and new projects for major telecommunications operators, while also receiving orders for use in its own call centre. It also added functions including SMS integration and maintenance and operations tools.」

「Regarding sales of the software SBC “NX-B5000,” we continued to win new projects. We also won an order after the enhanced push-notification functionality was favorably evaluated.」

「Regarding software SBC sales, demand for functional enhancement migration from existing SBCs among major telecommunications carriers, which had been our core customers through the previous year, has eased. However, as network virtualization (NFV) gains momentum, we won new projects, including an order from a major telecommunications carrier for virtualization support using the software SBC “NX-B5000.”」

「Regarding software SBC sales, demand for functional enhancement migration from existing SBCs among major telecommunications carriers, which had been our core customers through the previous year, has eased. However, as network virtualization (NFV) gains momentum, we won new projects, including an order from a major telecommunications carrier for virtualization support using the software SBC “NX-B5000.”」

「Regarding software SBC sales (*3), demand for functional enhancement migration from existing SBCs among major telecommunications carriers, which had been our core customers through the previous year, has eased. However, as network virtualization (NFV) gains momentum, we won new projects, including an order from a major telecommunications carrier for virtualization support using the software SBC NX-B5000.」

「Sales of software SBCs remained firm. License sales progressed to support a functional enhancement migration from existing SBCs at a major telecommunications carrier. As network function virtualization (NFV) gained momentum, we also won a project at a major telecommunications carrier to support virtualization using the software SBC "NX-B5000" and are proceeding with development toward commercialization.」

「NTT East and NTT West, among others, have announced plans to fully migrate the subscriber telephone network (PSTN) to IP networks around 2025. We won projects for customized software SBC development associated with the opening of the NGN (Next Generation Network) and for license sales accompanying commercial deployment. Demand for software SBCs is also expanding as network virtualization progresses, and migration using our fully software-based SBC is underway.」

「• At a customer that had already deployed our SBC, we recognized revenue from a large additional license sale and the associated maintenance and operations system, as the system’s importance increased with steady traffic growth, for risk diversification and service continuity in emergencies. • Demand for software SBCs is expanding as network virtualization progresses. Our SBC is already fully software-based, and we sold commercial licenses to telecommunications carriers to support migration from existing SBCs. As a result, revenue from Communications Systems and Solutions for the nine months ended was ¥615.255 million, up 27.7% year on year.」

「• Our SBC was deployed in a development project for a highly confidential communications system using specialized server technology. We expect the market to expand in the future. • At a customer that had already deployed our SBC, a large additional license sale was completed for risk diversification and service continuity in emergencies, as the system’s importance increased with steady traffic growth. • As PBX systems increasingly move to the cloud and major telecommunications carriers develop their own cloud PBX systems, our software SBC was deployed on a trial basis. We expect full-scale deployment following future commercialization. As a result, revenue from Communications Systems and Solutions for the six months ended was ¥396.249 million, up 13.0% year on year.」

「• Our SBC products were adopted by a major mobile telecommunications carrier to eliminate fluctuations that can cause errors in fax communications and other services over IP telephone lines, and deployment was completed. • We continued to win expansion projects for large-scale call centers during the current fiscal year.」

「• Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won additional orders for software SBC product licenses as the number of corporate and general-user IP telephone subscribers of major telecommunications carriers increased. • Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won projects to expand large-scale call centers. • We continued to win projects to run software SBC products on NFV (virtualized system infrastructure).」

「• Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won additional orders for software SBC product licenses as the number of corporate and general-user IP telephone subscribers of major telecommunications carriers increased. • Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won projects to expand large-scale call centers. • We continued to win projects to run software SBC products on NFV (virtualized system infrastructure).」

「• Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won additional orders for software SBC product licenses as the number of corporate and general-user IP telephone subscribers of major telecommunications carriers increased. • Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won projects to expand large-scale call centers. • We continued to win projects to run software SBC products in virtualized system environments (NFV).」

「• Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won additional orders for software SBC product licenses as the number of users of corporate IP telephone services provided by major telecommunications carriers increased. • Continuing from the previous fiscal year, we won projects to expand large-scale call centers. • We continued to win projects to run software SBC products in virtualized system environments (NFV).」

「Regarding our core session border controllers (SBCs), we expect to sustain the strong performance of the current fiscal year and achieve substantial sales growth amid the market expansion driven by accelerating IP connections between telecommunications carriers, the shift to VoIP following the discontinuation of legacy lines, the rapid adoption of LTE lines, and new entrants into the telecommunications business through MVNOs.」