Acme Packet Propels Momentum Telecom Wholesale's Digital Voice Service.Acme (company, jargon) ACME - /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The canonical imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for MS-DOS. Packet Net-Net Session Border Controllers A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. Increase Momentum's Security, Quality and Interoperability BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Acme Packet[R] (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that Momentum Telecom Wholesale has selected Acme Packet's Net-Net[R] session border controllers (SBCs) to secure and extend its private-label digital voice (VoIP) services for business and residential customers. With Acme Packet's SBCs, Momentum delivers secure VoIP services, while leveraging control over its network and maximizing its service reach and potential. Momentum Telecom Wholesale offers its VoBB (Voice over Broadband) services to independent cable operators and other resellers throughout the U.S., with its voice business displaying growth of over 400% so far in 2007. To protect and secure its network, Momentum Telecom relies on Acme Packet's Net-SAFE[R] security architecture to deliver topology hiding, denial of service A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial of service attack. (DoS) attack protection and access control. Acme Packet's admission and overload control features also prevent non-malicious traffic overloads, ensuring network availability and improving call quality. Adaptive hosted NAT traversal Passing through network address translation (NAT) to reach a user. NAT hides private IP addresses from the public Internet; however, voice over IP (VoIP) and videoconferencing calls that originate from outside the network must locate the user's IP address. See STUN, UPnP and NAT. supported by the Net-Net platform enables Momentum's services to reach endpoints behind firewall and NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. devices at the customer premises. Acme Packet's SIP header manipulation feature allows Momentum to address interoperability challenges and maximize service reach. "At Momentum, our most important selection criterion is reliability, in both the equipment we use and the partners we work with," declared Hilaire deSa, Momentum Telecom's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . "Acme Packet has been a rewarding choice in that respect, with the Net-Net SBCs enabling us to provide a high level of quality and security for our network and our customers." "Momentum Telecom's turnkey VoBB wholesale service offers cable operators the opportunity to increase revenue and customer loyalty with a high-quality telephony service," explained Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet's vice president of marketing and product management. "Momentum selected Acme Packet because our SBCs address the critical security, quality and interoperability issues that service providers face in offering these essential VoIP services." 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 390 service providers in 77 countries to satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. in wireline, cable and wireless networks. Our customers include 23 of the top 25, and 75 of the top 100 service providers in the world. These deployments support multiple applications--from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed mobile convergence Seamless switching between cellular and local networks for mobile users. The goal is to have a handset that switches automatically from the cellular network to the local, wireless Wi-Fi network when entering a building in order to save cellphone minutes. ; 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 Momentum Telecom Wholesale Momentum Telecom Wholesale is a residential and business digital phone service provider based in Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham (pronounced [ˈbɝmɪŋˌhæm]) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. . The wholesale division of Momentum Telecom offers private label solutions for independent cable operators and municipalities to provide the highest quality digital telephone service to their customers. For additional information on Momentum Telecom Wholesale, visit www.momentumwholesale.com. Acme Packet Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Statements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and 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 build and grow Acme Packet, the benefits of our product, and our ability to achieve our goals, plans and objectives. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: difficulties in growing our customer base, difficulties leveraging market opportunities, difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers, poor product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new products, difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners, higher risk in international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. , difficulty managing rapid growth, and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially form those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in such filings. |
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