Acme Packet Reaches Platinum Status in Sonus Networks' OSPA; PointOne Implements Acme Packet Session Border Controllers in Sonus-based Voice over IP Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WESTFORD and WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS) and 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 today announced that Acme Packet has achieved Platinum standing in Sonus' Open Services Partner Alliance(SM) (OSPA OSPA Open Services Partner Alliance (Avant Telecom, Inovative Systems, Nextone, Sonus) OSPA Office of Sponsored Projects Administration OSPA Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil) ), the highest level in the program. To become a Platinum OSPA Partner, companies must meet several criteria, including deployment in a live, revenue-generating service provider network together with one or more Sonus products. PointOne, a next-gen IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. provider, has implemented Acme Packet's 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. with Sonus' voice infrastructure solutions to enable peering between PointOne's voice over IP (VoIP) network and other carriers' IP networks. "Working with Sonus Networks, we have created one of the industry's largest and most advanced VoIP networks, supporting a variety of wholesale voice services," said Sam Shiffman, vice president, engineering, PointOne. "By deploying Acme Packet's Net-Net with Sonus' voice infrastructure solutions, we are able to extend these services to a wider market by expanding our methods of interconnecting with customers." PointOne has built an international VoIP network based on Sonus' Open Services Architecture The Open Service Access or OSA is part of the 3rd generation mobile telecommunications network or UMTS. OSA describes how services are architected in an UMTS network. The standards for OSA are being developed as part of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). (TM) (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ) and voice infrastructure solutions including the GSX GSX Gelled Slurry Explosive GSX Ground Storm X (VMware) GSX Gran Sport Extra (Buick Skylark) GSX Gasco Energy Company GSX Gender Sexuality XYZ 9000(TM) Open Services Switch, the Insignus(TM) Softswitch and the Sonus Insight(TM) Management System. With the Sonus infrastructure, PointOne provides enhanced IP voice services, using a SIP-based services architecture. Through the combination of the Sonus and Acme Packet solutions, PointOne now offers VoIP peering services, enabling service providers to peer with both private and public secure IP-based voice platforms for the secure transport of voice calls to any destination. "With its advanced VoIP network, PointOne is positioned to quickly build new solutions into its service framework, addressing customer needs as they evolve," said Michael O'Hara, vice president, marketing, Sonus Networks. "We are proud to be partnering with Acme Packet to further the success of PointOne and its customers, and we are pleased that Acme Packet has advanced to Platinum standing in the OSPA." "Working together with Sonus, Acme Packet is enabling service providers such as PointOne to maximize the reach of their networks by peering with other, previously incompatible, service provider networks around the globe," said Jim Hourihan, vice president, marketing and product management, Acme Packet. "By deploying our Net-Net session border controllers in their Sonus-based network, PointOne has architected a technologically advanced network for the secure, high-quality, end-to-end delivery of enhanced revenue generating IP services." About Sonus' OSPA Sonus Networks' Open Services Partner Alliance program provides a framework that offers service providers end-to-end packet-based network solutions using best-of-breed technologies and applications. The goal of the OSPA is to empower standards-based interoperability between applications, hardware vendors, and the Sonus product family. An integral part of the Sonus OSPA, the OSPA Interoperability Laboratory verifies product interoperability, performs trial testing and ultimately produces complete solutions. To find additional information on the OSPA, including a list of all OSPA partners, log on to http://www.sonusnet.com/partners/index.html. About Acme Packet Acme Packet enables network service providers to deliver premium, interactive communications - voice, video and multimedia sessions - across IP network borders. Our award-winning Net-Net family of session border controllers satisfies critical security, service assurance and law enforcement requirements in wireline, wireless and cable networks. Established in August 2000 by networking industry veterans, Acme Packet is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts Woburn (/'wu.bə(r)n/) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 37,258 at the 2000 census. Woburn is the birthplace of Anglo-American scientist Benjamin Thompson, a.k.a. . For more information, contact us at +1 781.756.6800, or visit us at www.acmepacket.com. About PointOne Established in 1998 PointOne is the largest pure VoIP provider in the US. An enhanced service provider See ESP. , the company offers a suite of next generation IP products and services including IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). , origination, termination, pre-paid, 800 access, peering and others. Additionally, the network architecture is multi-layered, which provides higher quality, more robust, secure and controllable features than competitive IP voice providers that utilize the public Internet. Ranked #1 vendor in performance and reliability by the largest carriers in the U.S., PointOne is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas. For more information contact us at 512-735-1200, or visit us at www.pointone.com. About Sonus Networks Sonus Networks, Inc., is a leading provider of packet voice infrastructure solutions for wireline and wireless service providers. With its Open Services Architecture (OSA), Sonus delivers end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. addressing a full range of carrier applications, including trunking, residential access and Centrex, tandem switching A telephone central office switch that links telco end offices together and does not connect to the customer directly. Also called a "Class 4 switch" or "TDM switch," a tandem switch is a computer that is specialized for TDM-based, circuit-switched telephone calls. , and IP voice termination, as well as enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; . Sonus' award-winning voice infrastructure solutions, including media gateways, softswitches and network management systems, are deployed in service provider networks worldwide. Sonus, founded in 1997, is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts Westford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,754 at the 2000 census. History Westford was first settled in 1635. Originally a part of neighboring Chelmsford, West Chelmsford soon grew large enough to sustain its own . Additional information on Sonus is available at http://www.sonusnet.com. This release may contain projections or other 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. regarding future events or the future financial performance of Sonus that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the "Cautionary Statements" section of Sonus' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , dated May 9, 2003 and filed with the SEC, which identifies important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These risk factors include, among others, the adverse effect of recent developments in the telecommunications industry, the weakened financial position of many service providers, Sonus' ability to grow its customer base, dependence on new product offerings, market acceptance of its products, rapid technological and market change and manufacturing and sourcing risks. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Sonus' views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing Sonus' views as of any subsequent date. While Sonus may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point, Sonus specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. Sonus is a registered trademark of Sonus Networks. Open Services Partner Alliance is a service mark of Sonus Networks. Open Services Architecture, GSX9000, Insignus and Sonus Insight are trademarks of Sonus Networks. 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