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SUBSEQUENT EVENT	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	SUBSEQUENT EVENT On February 28, 2019, the Company acquired the business and technology assets of Anova Data, Inc. ("Anova"), a provider of advanced analytics solutions, for total purchase consideration of 3.3 million shares of the Company's common stock. Anova is based in the United States and its NextGen products provide a cloud-native, streaming analytics platform for network and subscriber optimization and monetization. The Company believes that the proposed acquisition reinforces and extends Ribbon's strategy to expand into network optimization, security and data monetization via big data analytics and machine learning. The Company does not expect that the acquisition will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements in 2019.

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The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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