RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100

Plano, Texas 75023

 

May 8, 2023

 

VIA EDGAR

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

	Re:	Ribbon Communications Inc.
		Registration Statement on Form S-3
		Filed April 4, 2023
		File No. 333-271117

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

On behalf of Ribbon Communications Inc. (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby requests, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that the effective time of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company be accelerated to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 10, 2023, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company respectfully requests that you notify Patrick Macken by a telephone call to (978) 614-8170 of such effectiveness.

 

Please contact Betty Linkenauger Segaar of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP at (804) 697-2328 if you have any questions concerning this matter. Thank you for your continued attention to this matter.

 

	Very truly yours,
	RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
	By:	/s/ Patrick Macken
	Name:	Patrick Macken
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

cc:	David W. Ghegan, Esq., Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
	Betty Linkenauger Segaar, Esq., Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP