Acme Packet Enhances Network for Charter Telephone(TM)
January 17 2007 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Acme Packet� (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control
solutions, today announced that Charter Communications, Inc.,
(NASDAQ:CHTR) a leading broadband communications company, is
utilizing Acme Packet�s Net-Net� session border controllers (SBCs)
in its Charter Telephone� VoIP network. The Net-Net product family
enables Charter to connect to application service providers (ASPs)
to offer innovative IP interactive communication services while
protecting its network and providing critical control functions for
these services. With this announcement, Acme Packet now supports
trusted, first class VoIP services for seven of the top ten MSOs in
North America. �Charter continually seeks out means to provide new
and innovative services to our telephone customers,� said Armando
Ruiz, Senior Director, Engineering-Telephone for Charter
Communications. �We look for products, like Acme Packet Net-Net
SBCs, that give us a critical advantage as we expand our services,
both in terms of offerings as well as geography.� �Charter clearly
understands that new revenue and cost savings opportunities can be
realized with our Net-Net SBCs,� explained Seamus Hourihan, Acme
Packet�s vice president of marketing and product management. �With
years of experience serving our cable customers, Acme Packet is
uniquely positioned to assist innovative companies like Charter to
address the challenges associated with the deployment of real-time
interactive IP-based voice, video and multimedia sessions in cable
broadband networks.� Acme Packet Net-Net SBCs combine purpose-built
hardware with high-quality session border control features that
together deliver carrier-class scalability, performance and
reliability. Supporting multiple protocols and multiple
applications, the Net-Net SBCs provide critical control functions
at both access and interconnect borders, satisfying new
requirements in five major areas: security, service reach
maximization, SLA assurance, revenue and profit protection and
regulatory compliance. The Net-SAFE� security features, including
access control lists, call rate limiting and topology hiding, help
ensure that IP networks are secure and available to provide IP
interactive communication services. The Net-Net SBCs also perform
ENUM queries, enabling optimized and cost-effective call routing.
About Acme Packet Acme Packet, the leader in session border control
solutions, enables service providers to deliver trusted, first
class interactive communications�voice, video and multimedia
sessions�across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family has been
selected by over 325 service providers in nearly 70 countries,
including 22 of the top 25 wireline and wireless providers in the
world, to satisfy critical security, service assurance and
regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks.
These deployments support multiple applications�from VoIP trunking
to hosted enterprise and residential services; multiple
protocols�SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248; and multiple border
points�interconnect, access network and data center. For more
information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit
www.acmepacket.com. About Charter Communications Charter
Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company
and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United
States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband
services, including advanced Charter Digital(R) video entertainment
programming, Charter High-Speed� Internet access service, and
Charter Telephone� services. Charter Business� similarly provides
scalable, tailored and cost-effective broadband communications
solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business
Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment
services and business telephone. Charter's advertising sales and
production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More
information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com. Acme
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