Editing Amir Ansari (section)

=== Telecom Technologies, Inc. ===
In 1993, Amir Ansari co-founded Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI) alongside his brother [[Hamid Ansari]] and sister-in-law [[Anousheh Ansari]]. He served as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). TTI developed one of the industry's first softswitch platforms for [[Voice over IP]] (VoIP), allowing telecom carriers to integrate traditional and next-generation IP networks. Under Ansari's technical leadership, the company’s VoIP technology helped reduce telephone costs and gained widespread industry adoption.<ref name="imiranian" />

By 2000, the company employed nearly 220 people at its headquarters in [[Richardson, Texas]]. In January 2001, Sonus Networks acquired TTI in a stock-for-stock transaction by issuing 10.8 million shares.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sonus Networks Completes Acquisition of Telecom Technologies |url=https://ribboncommunications.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/sonus-networks-completes-acquisition-of-telecom-technologies-011801/ |website=Ribbon Communications |publisher=Sonus Networks |date=18 January 2001 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> Following the merger, Anousheh Ansari became a Vice President at Sonus, while Amir Ansari joined the Office of the CTO to support the deployment of the new voice infrastructure.