AudioCodes

AudioCodes was founded in 1993 by Shabtai Adlersberg and Leon Bialik. Headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel, the company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker AUDC and dual-listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, having completed its initial public offering in 1999. AudioCodes employs roughly 900 people globally. The core product offering centers on Voice over IP (VoIP) network infrastructure, Session Border Controllers (SBCs), and voice connectivity software, particularly for Microsoft Teams and Zoom environments.

The primary activity of AudioCodes is developing hardware and software that connects enterprise voice networks to cloud communication platforms and SIP trunks. This solves the problem of protocol normalization, media transcoding, and voice network security between legacy telecommunications infrastructure and modern Unified Communications (UC) environments. The equipment is purchased by enterprise IT administrators and telecommunications service providers. AudioCodes traditionally sold perpetual software and hardware appliances via channel partners, but has transitioned a significant portion of its business to a managed service model (AudioCodes Live) billed on a per-user, per-month basis. Its technical foundations lie in proprietary Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and voice encoding technologies developed over decades.

The flagship product line is the Mediant series of Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and media gateways, available as dedicated hardware appliances, virtualized software, and cloud-native versions. These devices secure and route voice traffic. In recent years, AudioCodes introduced AudioCodes Live, a portfolio of managed services for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing and Operator Connect. Adjacent hardware products include specific IP desk phones and meeting room audio-visual devices natively integrated with Teams and Zoom. The company has also expanded into conversational AI and meeting recording with its Voca and Meeting Insights products.

AudioCodes operates in the enterprise communications infrastructure market, competing directly with companies like Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus and Genband), Oracle (via its Acme Packet acquisition), and Cisco. Within this landscape, AudioCodes has positioned itself tightly within the Microsoft ecosystem, acting as a certified hardware and connectivity partner for Microsoft UC deployments. The broader market trajectory for AudioCodes involves defending its hardware business while actively shifting revenue toward recurring software subscriptions and cloud-based managed voice services.

The company's global headquarters and primary R&D center are located in Or Yehuda. Out of its global workforce, a significant portion of research and development, product management, and executive leadership operates from this central campus. Shabtai Adlersberg, the co-founder and CEO, is Israeli and has led the company from its Israel headquarters since 1993. In the local tech market, AudioCodes specifically recruits software engineers with expertise in C/C++, networking protocols (SIP, TCP/IP), embedded systems, and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), alongside cloud backend developers for its newer SaaS platforms.