Comunitel Global Selects Acme Packet for H.323 Peering.WOBURN, Mass. -- Spain's leading business focused service provider chooses 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 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. for security, interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. architecture Acme Packet(R) today announced that Comunitel Global, an experienced and successful business focused IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. provider in Spain, has selected its session border controllers for peering its H.323 network with other, previously incompatible, service provider IP networks. Comunitel is using the Acme Packet Net-Net(TM) session border controllers to further expand its presence in Spain and throughout the globe. The highly flexible H.323 implementation in the Net-Net products allows Comunitel to peer with other H.323 based network providers to expand network reach and vastly increase its traffic volume and revenue. "Acme Packet's wide breadth of protocol support readies Comunitel to overcome the interworking challenges of exchanging real-time, interactive IP traffic, such as videoconferencing, with other providers. We can now peer with providers using different versions and configurations of H.323 and are interoperable with equipment from such leading vendors as Cisco, Italtel, Nortel, Lucent, Sonus and many others," commented Javier Riera, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Comunitel Global. Madrid based Comunitel offers a multitude of communications products and services to its business subscribers, including IP voice origination and termination, voice/fax over IP, prepaid calling cards, calling card based IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. , class 5 services, and others. Comunitel provides excellent quality of service at affordable rates over its network, with offerings that include carrier preselection and direct access (through the installation of VoIP CPEs), intelligent network services, as well as multimedia services such as videoconferencing and more. "Using the Net-Net products we can simultaneously protect our network from attack, thanks to the advanced security and topology hiding features," continued Riera. "With their embedded session admission control capabilities the Net-Net products will play a key role in our VoIP over DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary deployment strategy. No other vendor could match Acme Packet's feature breath and depth in a high availability solution, or the responsiveness of their sales and support organization." "Comunitel is quickly expanding their network footprint across Spain and beyond. With the Acme Packet Net-Net session border controllers they can fluently connect with other service provider IP networks, whether they are SIP, H.323 or MGCP-based, thanks to the multiprotocol support with interworking functionality in our products," said Mario Oliveira, Vice President EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , Acme Packet. "Comunitel's selection of the Net-Net products further establishes the belief among service providers worldwide that Acme Packet is the session border controller vendor of choice for satisfying their intensive network requirements." About Acme Packet Acme Packet, the leader in session border control, enables service providers to deliver premium, interactive communications - voice, video and multimedia sessions - across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family has been selected by 6 of the top 10, and 11 of the top 25 service providers in the world to satisfy critical security, service assurance and law enforcement requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks. These deployments span all border applications - peering, access network-backbone network, and data center - and all protocols - SIP, H.323, and MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol . For more information, contact us at +1 781.756.6800, or visit www.acmepacket.com. About Comunitel Global Grupo Comunitel is comprised of Comunitel Global and Ola Internet. They have more than 83,000 business customers and revenue over 159 M EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. in 2003. Comunitel is the telecommunication operator for the business market of Grupo Oni. They have developed a wide portfolio for this market: a full set of solutions for telephony services, data, Internet, data security, computer housing, ASP and outsourcing services. Comunitel's approach is to offer their business customers global solutions customized to their particular needs that become excellent management tools. Comunitel provides services to some relevant Spanish corporations such as Grupo Iberostar, Caja Madrid, Sanitas, Vallehermoso, Universidad de Navarra, Grupo Realia, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Grupo Husa, Asturiana de Zinc, Repsol, Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. , Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores and others.
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