This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation by TelcoBridges on their FreeSBC and ProSBC software-based session border controller products. It summarizes market trends driving demand for software and cloud-based SBC solutions. It introduces the FreeSBC and ProSBC products, comparing their features and positioning FreeSBC for tier 2/3 service providers and SMBs while positioning ProSBC for enterprise and tier 1/2/3 service providers. The document reviews several use cases for the SBC products and outlines the ProSBC roadmap and new validation and satisfaction guarantee programs from TelcoBridges.

1. A Deep Dive
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August 2019

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Today’s Presenters:
Alan D Percy
Chief Marketing Officer
alan.percy@telcobridges.com
Marc St-Onge
Technical Sales Director
mstonge@telcobridges.com

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TelcoBridges Inc.
• Manufacturer of VoIP gateways and
telecom solution platforms for carriers
• Privately held
• Founded in 2002
• Employees: ~35
• Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
• Hardware & software R&D as well as
production of its products in Montreal
• Sales/Support offices:
Poland, Turkey, Hong Kong
• 24/7 technical support
TelcoBridges HQ

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Agenda
• Market trends for software-based SBCs
• Positioning of FreeSBC and ProSBC
• New features introduced with ProSBC
• Use Cases
• Product Roadmap
• New Programs
• Your Questions

5. TRENDS IN THE
SBC MARKET
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Shifting to S/W and Cloud
VNF

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Shifting from CAPEX to OPEX
$ $$$$$$
Subscription-based
“Pay as you Grow”
$$$$$
CAPEX + Maintenance

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Shifting from the Core to the Edge
VNF
VNF
VNF
VNF
Service Provider
Core

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Emergence of the ESBC
Enterprise
Service Provider
ESBC
SBC

10. INTRODUCING…
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GlobalData Disruptor Report
“The company’s new ProSBC product enables TelcoBridges
to continue to offer vSBC solutions to a growing number of
use cases while maintaining the advantage of very low
cost of entry that has attracted customers to the
FreeSBC product”
- John Byrne, GlobalData Analyst
https://www2.telcobridges.com/Disruptor2019

12. Routing Engine
Media
Media
Engine
SIP
Session
s
B2BUA
UAS UAC
Private LAN
192.168.0.X
Public WAN
34.0.0.1
Session Border Controller
SIP
Applicatio
ns
What is an SBC?
Learn more at: freesbc.com/video-library

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Positioning
 Tier 2/3 Service Providers & SMB
 Access and Peering
 Open Source communities
 Educational Programs
 Easy to Download and Use
 Community Support
 Free with Annual Renewal
 Tier 1/2/3 Service Providers
and Enterprise
 Access, Peering, SaaS…
 Commercial applications
 Encryption & HA Support
 Live Support w/ 24/7 opt.
 $1/Session/Year

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Feature Comparison Summary
Features FreeSBC 3.1 ProSBC 3.1
B2BUA/Topology Hiding for SIP and Media  
DOS/DDOS Protection w/ White and Blacklisting  
Routing & Load Balancing Engine  
SIP Header Manipulation and Mediation  
Media Pak (Bypass, Transcoding*, Media Play/Rec) 
Analytics Pak (Call Trace/Test Call/signaling capture) 
API/Connector Pak (API, CDR, RADIUS, STIR/SHAKEN) 
Encryption Pak (SIP/TLS & SRTP) 
High Availability & Stand-alone Survivability 
Scaling Limitations (NAPs/Registrations) 5/25 1k/350k
Support Community Live
Cost Free $1/Session/Yr
* With TSBC-HW-TRANS

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Encryption Pak
SIP/TLS & SRTP
SIP/TLS
SIP/TCP
or
SIP/UDP
Remote
Endpoint
SRTP
Pass-thru
SRTP
• Session & Media Security
• “Over the Top” SaaS Applications
• Remote / Work at Home

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High Availability
No Loss of Service • High Reliability
• Resilience
SIP & RTPSIP & RTP
+1
Active

17. New Platform Options
Bare metal server
VNF on uCPE

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About Licensing
• Register and download s/w at freesbc.com/pricing
• Annual re-registration required
• Limit of 5 Free Licenses before contacting Sales
• Limit of 1,000 sessions, 5 NAPs, and 25 registrations
• Register and download s/w at freesbc.com/pricing
• Online store or Sales engagement to pay for license
• Renewal reminders are sent via email
• Annual license updates required*
* Permanent license is available – contact Sales for details

19. USE CASES…
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Use Cases - Peering
Benefits:
Large Session Capacity
Call routing, mediation and CDR functions required
Deployed in the core of the service provider’s network
Service Provider
SoftSwitch
Wholesale VoIP Provider

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Use Cases - Access
Benefits:
Large Session Capacity
High performance
NAT Traversal
Registration pass-through
Analytics and OSS/BSS connectors
Confidential
SMB/Enterprise
IAD/Router
Service Provider
SoftSwitch

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Use Cases – Hosted IP-PBX
Tasks:
 DOS/DDOS Protection
 NAT Traversal
 Registration pass-through
 Analytics and Billing
SMB/Enterprise
IAD/Router
Service Provider
IP-PBX
Billing

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New Use Cases - SaaS
Features:
DOS/DDOS Protection
Encryption Support
Traffic Management
Routing & SIP mediation functions
Service Provider
Application
Remote or Work-at-home
users
Internet
SIP/TLS
SRTP
SIP/UDP

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Use Case - CALEA
CALEA – Lawful Intercept
SIP
RT
P
SIP
Law Enforcement Agency
G.711 G.711
RT
P
Content of
Communications per
ETSI 201 671
Intercept Related
Information per
ETSI 201 671

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Use Cases – Intelligent Edge
• Delivering services to
customers at the edge of the
network
• SBC as a Virtual Network
Function
• Interoperability testing with
SD-WAN VNF providers
• Validation with leading uCPE
equipment vendors

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Use Cases – CPaaS Providers
Features:
Intelligent Traffic Management
Cloud Hosted
SIP Trunking Interoperability
FQDN Mapping
Media By-pass
Cloud-based Communications Provider as a Service (CPaaS)
Service Provider
CPaaS Platform
SIP/UDPSIP Trunks
Mobile
Users

27. Near-term ProSBC Roadmap
Q1 2019
Support
FQDN in
NAPs and
SIP headers
SIP TLS
Q2 2019
sRTP Relay
Azure
Q3 2019
sRTP
Software
encryption/
decryption
HA no-
loss-of-call
on failover
Q4 2019
Software
transcoding
SIPREC
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Release 3.1 Release 3.2
(subject to change)

28. New: Hardware Validation Program
• Simplifying the hardware selection and
buying process
• uCPE and COTS hardware
• Publish a list of tested hardware platforms
• Include performance metrics
• Part numbers
• Configuration details
• Purchase instructions (Amazon, CDW…)

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New: Satisfaction Guarantee
“If in the first 90 days, you
find that our ProSBC software
doesn’t perform as specified,
we’ll fix it or refund your
money”
– Gaetan Campeau, CEO,
TelcoBridges
See:
freesbc.com/satisfaction-guarantee

30. Growing Interoperability Portfolio
See: freesbc.com/alliance

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Learn More at FreeSBC.com
FreeSBC Wiki
Forums

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Anticipated Questions
Q: I’m using FreeSBC 3.0 today, what happens to me?
A: You can continue to use FreeSBC 3.0, but you must
renew your license annually
Q: How do I upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1?
A: You install the package as usual, and update your
license for release 3.1 (free)
Q: I paid for FreeSBC PRO-edition, what happens to me?
A: You can upgrade to ProSBC for no cost.

33. Try it, we think you’ll like it!
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www.prosbc.com
sales@telcobridges.com
Youtube.com/telcobridges Q/A