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Korea Cable Telecom Expands Acme Packet SBC Deployment for VoIP Services

^{Published on 2008-12-16 07:39:30 - Market Wire}
 

BURLINGTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that Korea Cable Telecom (KCT), a consortium of seven cable operators providing VoIP services throughout Korea, has expanded its deployment of Acme Packet Net-Net® [ session border controllers ] (SBCs) to satisfy subscriber growth. Acme Packet was initially selected by KCT in 2006 to support its hosted VoIP services launched at that time. KCT is using Acme Packet's SBCs to deliver secure VoIP services to its base of 12 million cable subscribers in Korea.

KCT uses a number of Acme Packet's critical control functions for security and service reach maximization. Acme Packet's security framework, Net-SAFE®, provides denial of service (DoS) attack prevention, topology hiding and access control to protect KCT's VoIP core and ensure network availability. The Net-Net SBCs offer proven signaling interoperability with a broad range of products, using Acme Packet's SIP header manipulation feature to accelerate deployment and maximize the reach of KCT's services. The Net-Net SBCs' hosted NAT traversal capability also allows SIP sessions to traverse existing data firewall/NAT devices at KCT's subscribers' homes.

"KCT's goal is to significantly grow our subscriber base in 2008, meeting the burgeoning demand throughout Korea for next-generation IP communications," said Oh Young-Cheol, CTO from KCT. "We found the Net-Net SBC solution to be the most advanced and capable when we first deployed it, and now Acme Packet is helping enable our expansion endeavor by delivering interoperability and critical control functions instrumental to our success."

"As an aggressive company in a competitive communications market, KCT needs to offer its customers a clearly compelling service offering," said Seamus Hourihan, vice president of marketing and product management for Acme Packet. "Acme Packet's SBCs deliver the capabilities and features that enable KCT to blend key features and functions with the security and reliability that KCT's customers demand."

About Acme Packet

Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first-class interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, large enterprise and contact center networks—from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols—SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248—and multiple border points—interconnect, access and data center. Our products have been selected by more than 580 customers in 85 countries, including 29 of the top 30, and 84 of the top 100 service providers in the world. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit [ www.acmepacket.com ].

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