New Acme Packet Net-Net 3800 Stimulates Low End SBC Markets

Expands focus to small enterprise sites, contact centers and service providers,
slashes entry prices by 50% for full-featured session border controller from
industry leader
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions,
today announced the introduction of the Net-Net 3800, a low-end session border
controller (SBC) for small enterprise sites, contact centers and service
providers requiring control for up to 500 simultaneous VoIP/Unified
Communications (UC) sessions. This new platform reduces entry-level prices by up
to 50% for an SBC from Acme Packet, the industry leader. The Net-Net 3800
complements Acme Packet`s mid-range Net-Net 4000 and high-end Net-Net 9000
series platforms. Operating Net-Net OS, it offers all of the exact same SBC
functions and features that have been developed to satisfy the needs of over 635
customers around the world.

While VoIP is pervasive today, it is deployed largely in isolated islands with
no IP connectivity in between. Many large, multi-site enterprises have deployed
distributed IP PBX systems, often from different vendors and employing different
signaling protocols. These organizations need to tie all sites together, both
large and small, before beginning their migration to unified communications and
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-enabled communication applications.

Small enterprises and contact centers replacing aging phone systems are
transitioning to more cost-effective and flexible VoIP solutions. SIP trunking
services are being planned for sites of all sizes to save PSTN connectivity and
termination costs while laying the network foundation for presence-enabled IP
voice, video and multimedia collaboration within and among enterprises.

Small service providers - including rural service providers, independent
operating companies and those operating in small or developing countries - are
investing in new VoIP service infrastructure to reduce costs and deliver new
services. Increasingly, VoIP now needs to be delivered to and from smaller sites
and organizations. These locations need a cost-effective SBC for security,
service assurance and regulatory compliance.

Acme Packet`s Net-Net 3800 satisfies the needs of these market segments for a
cost-effective low-end SBC. The Net-Net 3800 sacrifices nothing in terms of the
industry-leading capabilities available in Acme Packet`s Net-Net OS:

* Signaling protocols - SIP, H.323, SIP-H.323 interworking, MGCP/NCS; H.248,
RTSP
* Control functions & features - comprehensive session control in the areas of
security, application/service reach maximization, SLA assurance, regulatory
compliance and cost/revenue management
* Carrier-class high availability (HA) - ensures no loss of active calls or
state required for call control
* Proven interoperability - deployments with all major IP PBXs, Unified
Communications platforms, SIP servers, application servers, media servers, media
gateways, softswitches, IMS CSCF elements, H.323 gatekeepers, call agents, and
numerous IP-based voice and video endpoints

With many organizations seeking cost-effective ways to communicate both
internally and to the outside world, VoIP networks are increasingly supplemented
with presence-enabled unified communications solutions for which SBCs play an
integral role. "The Net-Net 3800 SBC is an excellent complement to Avaya`s
Contact Center and Unified Communications solutions for smaller site
deployments," said Michael Frendo, vice president and general manager, Unified
Communications, Avaya. "The certification of our SIP-based solutions with the
Net-Net 3800, as well as Acme Packet`s high capacity platforms for larger sites,
is a strong initial step forward in our mutual efforts to bring best-of-breed
IP-enabled communications to enterprises of all sizes."

"Until now, the enterprise market has lacked a right-sized SBC solution that
still draws strongly from the SBC`s carrier-class heritage in terms of feature
and functionality," said Matthias Machowinski, Directing Analyst, Enterprise
Voice and Data at Infonetics Research. "With the introduction of Acme Packet's
Net-Net 3800, enterprises can deploy SBCs in their networks that best meet their
unique scaling and pricing requirements."

Net-Net 3800 solutions

For small enterprise and contact center sites, the Net-Net 3800 secures the
SIP/H.323 trunking border to service provider IP networks and the Internet
border to remote offices, teleworkers and mobile employees. The SIP and H.323
interworking capabilities of the Net-Net 3800 ensures interoperability with and
between legacy IP PBX equipment and next-generation unified communications
platforms. The Net-Net 3800 controls session admission, IP PBX and UC server
loads and overloads, IP network transport and SIP/H.323 session routing to
assure SLAs and minimize costs. Regulatory compliance requirements are also
satisfied with encryption ensuring session privacy and call/session replication
for recording.

For small service providers, the Net-Net 3800 secures the subscriber access and
interconnect/peering borders. It enables interoperability of heterogeneous
endpoints, service infrastructure elements and networks to maximize service
reach. It controls session admission, call/session control server loads and
overloads, IP network transport and SIP/H.323 session routing to assure SLAs,
maximize revenues and minimize costs. Lastly, the Net-Net 3800 enables
regulatory compliance with emergency service (E911), national government
priority service (GETS) and lawful intercept (CALEA) requirements.

Net-Net 3800 capacity, performance and availability

Acme Packet`s Net-Net 3800 cost-effectively addresses low-end SBC requirements
in terms of capacity and performance without sacrificing functionality or high
availability operation for non-stop service:

* Capacities (maximums) - 500 simultaneous media sessions, 5,000 TLS sessions,
5,000 IPsec tunnels, 500,000 route table entries
* High-availability (HA) configuration - active/standby systems (1:1 redundancy)
with check-pointing of signaling, media and configuration state for no loss of
service
* Network interfaces - four active 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet interfaces (fiber
or copper), three separate 10/100 Mbps Ethernet management interfaces
* System throughput - 5 Gbps
* Optional in-line, wire-speed hardware accelerators eliminate any impact
on signaling performance

* QoS measurements - jitter, loss and latency; R-factor; MoS
* IPsec tunnel and TLS session and set-up
* IPsec and SRTP traffic encryption/decryption

Net-SAFE, Acme Packet`s security framework, is supported by the tight
integration of the Net-Net 3800 hardware and Net-Net OS software. NET-SAFE
features powerful denial-of-service/distributed denial-of service protection at
the layer 3, layer 4, IPsec and SIP signaling level. The system`s intrusion
detection, prevention and reporting capabilities and other security features
support dynamic access control, topology hiding, privacy and confidentiality,
service infrastructure DoS/DDoS protection, virus and SPIT protection, and fraud
prevention.

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 635 customers in 92 countries, including 29 of the top 30, and 89 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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Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking
statements may relate, among other things, to our position in the session border
control market, our expected financial and operating results, our ability to
establish and maintain intellectual property rights, the effectiveness of our
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Packet, the benefits and advantages of our products, including any enhancements
or new features, services and programs, and our ability to achieve our goals,
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Connect2 Communications
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