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Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the annual report of NMS Communications Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Herbert Shumway, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

        (1)   the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

        (2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ HERBERT SHUMWAY Herbert Shumway
Chief Financial Officer
April 1, 2008

        This Certification shall not be deemed part of the Report or incorporated by reference into any of the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by implication or by any reference in any such filings to the Report.

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Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002