NET

NET is Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (formerly NYSE ticker NET), a networking and telecommunications hardware company known for enterprise Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and secure networking equipment, including a large U.S. Federal Government installed base. Surfaced as an exited portfolio company of Battery Ventures, the company was acquired by Sonus Networks in August 2012 (approximately $42M) and later folded into what is now Ribbon Communications. It no longer operates as an independent entity, publishes no public developer program, and has no live domain or API surface.

NET is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Networking, Telecommunications, Session Border Controller, and Defunct.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyNetworkingTelecommunicationsSession Border ControllerDefunctAcquired

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: net
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/net.png
name: NET
description: NET is Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (formerly NYSE ticker NET), a networking and telecommunications hardware
  company known for enterprise Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and secure networking equipment, including a large U.S. Federal
  Government installed base. Surfaced as an exited portfolio company of Battery Ventures, the company was acquired by Sonus
  Networks in August 2012 (approximately $42M) and later folded into what is now Ribbon Communications. It no longer operates
  as an independent entity, publishes no public developer program, and has no live domain or API surface.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/net/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-status: defunct
x-status-reason: acquired-by-sonus-networks-2012
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Networking
- Telecommunications
- Session Border Controller
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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