Service providers and large enterprises are facing a torrent of demand for multimedia communications applications across global markets. The Ribbon SBC 7000 is a purpose-built session border controller with industry-leading performance and scale that delivers increased operational efficiency and an uncompromised quality of service to securely handle and monetize massive amounts of audio, video, and collaboration traffic. The SBC 7000 not only provides the critical features service providers and large enterprises equate with Ribbon SBCs (such as robust security, sophisticated routing and policy management, overload controls, and SIP normalization), it also delivers IPv4-IPv6 interworking, high-density media transcoding, and sophisticated policy at high-performance levels to meet the increasing demands of multimedia communications. To further simplify deployment, the SBC 7000 implements a fully modular chassis design, enabling service providers and large enterprises to rapidly scale today’s networks while preparing for future growth.