FRISCO, Texas -– GENBAND, a leading developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today announced the appointment of B.G. Kumar as President of Networking and Applications, effective immediately. Mr. Kumar will lead GENBAND’s Applications and Networking R&D team worldwide, which encompasses the company’s Session Border Controller (SBC), Security Gateway and Application server and software businesses. Based at GENBAND’s Frisco, Texas, headquarters, he will report directly to Charlie Vogt, President and CEO of GENBAND.

“B.G. is a recognized leader in the industry and we are pleased to welcome him to the team,” said Mr. Vogt. “His appointment reflects our strong commitment and aggressive investment in GENBAND’s networking and applications business, including the expansion of our Billerica center, which he will oversee. Our unique ability to host an entire IP services suite on a single GENBAND GENiUS™ platform is unlocking enormous potential for our customers, from flexible, cost-efficient architectures to new revenue-generating applications. We continue to be laser focused on delivering this integrated all-IP vision to the market and the addition of B.G. will increase our competitive advantage even further.”

Genband Inc.