Ribbon adds new routers to utility infrastructure portfolio
Ribbon Communications announced new router products and updates to its critical infrastructure portfolio for utilities focused on reliability, security, and timing.
Ribbon Communications said on Sept. 1, 2026, that it is expanding its critical infrastructure portfolio for utility networks with two new router products, the NPT 1022M and NPT 2104.
The Plano, Texas, company said the portfolio is aimed at helping utilities modernize operational networks while maintaining reliability, security and deterministic performance for essential services. Ribbon said the offerings are designed for teleprotection, SCADA, operational voice, always-on OT operations, deterministic packet transport, scalable IP/MPLS networking and class D timing for frequency and time synchronization.
Ribbon said utilities are under pressure to modernize the grid, integrate distributed energy resources, improve reliability and strengthen cybersecurity. The company said its portfolio is intended to support both legacy operational technologies and newer digital applications without interrupting core operations.
Ribbon said the new products build on its existing NPT 1012D and NPT 2714 platforms. It also said the broader portfolio includes IP rNOS routing software, an optical networking portfolio and the Muse multilayer automation platform, or MAP. Ribbon said those pieces are meant to support converged IT and OT communications networks.
The company said the technologies can support advanced monitoring, automation, video, distributed energy resource management and smart grid analytics. Ribbon also said the portfolio provides a base for utilities moving from TDM to IP-MPLS and segment routing architectures.
Sam Bucci, Ribbon’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, said in the release that utilities must modernize networks, strengthen cyber resilience and support new digital grid initiatives without disrupting core operations. He said the expanded portfolio helps bridge legacy and next-generation requirements on a single modern platform.
Ribbon described itself as a global provider of voice communications software, IP routing and optical networking for mobile and wireline service providers, enterprises, critical infrastructure and defense sectors. The release included a forward-looking statements disclaimer and investor and media contact information.
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