Redback Networks, Inc. provides advanced telecommunications networking equipment in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. It offers SmartEdge service gateway that combines scalable carrier-class edge routing, Ethernet aggregation, and advanced subscriber management; SMS product families, which enable service providers and carriers to provide, aggregate, and manage broadband and dialup subscribers, and services through a single and unified platform; and the NetOp policy manager, a software platform that allows policy management and control across the SmartEdge and SMS product families. The company’s products enable service providers to build Internet protocol-based broadband networks to deliver high-speed access and services to consumers and businesses. It has collaboration agreements with DSL Forum, Broadband Services Forum, TIA, United States Telecom Association, and Isocore. As of March 20, 2006, Redback Networks had a customer base of approximately 500 carriers and service providers, including local exchange carriers, inter-exchange carriers, post, telephone and telegraph, and service providers. It sells its products through direct sales force, resellers, and distribution partners. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. As of January 23, 2007, Redback Networks, Inc. is a subsidiary of LM Ericsson Telephone Co.