Dacom Selects Acme Packet Session Border Controllers for its NGN; Acme Packet Enables Secure, High-Quality Hosted IP Services for Korean Tier One Service Provider.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Acme Packet(R) announced today that Dacom, the second largest long-distance service provider in Korea, is deploying the Net-Net(R) 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. in its national, VoIP network that connects residential and business customers all over Korea. The Net-Net products are being integrated with the Dacom's Next Generation IP Softswitch platform to offer more enhanced services. The deployment of Acme Packet's session border controllers, to be performed by CommVerge Solutions Korea, a network integration partner of Acme Packet in Korea, is underway, with a target to cover Seoul and most major cities in Korea to offer VoIP and enhanced services in the next couple of years. Upon completion of the deployment, Dacom will be able to expand its current service offering of VoIP and high-speed data with secure, high-quality video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and other multimedia IP services, all over its existing backbone infrastructure. The Acme Packet session border controllers were selected for Dacom's project after strict evaluation strict evaluation - Call-by-value evaluation order is sometimes called "strict evaluation" because, in a sequential system, it makes functions behave as though they were strict, in the sense that evaluation of a function application cannot terminate before evaluation of the tests on their carrier-class capabilities such as 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. , capacity, security, performance and scalability. 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. , as well as multiprotocol support with 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. functionality, allows Dacom to maximize its service reach, delivering premium IP services to business and residential subscribers. Security features like access control and network topology See topology. hiding help protect Dacom's own network from attack while ensuring the highest quality services to the end user. "Acme Packet's session border controllers provide very good performance with attractive features, it interoperates seamlessly with our next generation Softswitch platform to provide the ideal solution for Dacom to enable new and more advanced IP services," commented Mr. Il Joo Ji, Director of Telephony Network Planning at Dacom. "The Net-Net products bring security and service assurance guarantees to our next generation Softswitch platform." Jeong Kyoo Lee, Chairperson of CommVerge Solutions Korea, Acme Packet's VAR partner for this project, said, "We are very happy to integrate Acme Packet's best-of-breed SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. solution into Dacom's Next Generation Network project successfully and have Acme Packet as a core element in the CommVerge Solutions VoIP Portfolio." "Our selection by Dacom as the only supplier of session border controllers after complete test done by Dacom's experts prove that we are providing solid tier one products and keep our market leadership position," stated Andy Ory, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Acme Packet. "We have the utmost confidence in our ability to continue to work productively and effectively with Dacom to develop and deliver profitable new services and successfully grow its business." About Acme Packet Acme Packet, the leader in session border control solutions, 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 over 200 service providers, including 20 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 all applications--from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services; all protocols--SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248; and all border points--interconnect, access network and data center. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400 or visit www.acmepacket.com. About Dacom Dacom is Korea's second largest long-distance communications service provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. that has devoted to the development of information and communication industry of the country since it was founded in 1982. Dacom has been at the forefront of the industry by providing quality dedicated line services to businesses, Chollian, the country's first information and communications service, and the best Internet connection to businesses in the Asia Pacific region. In addition, Dacom contributed to the adoption of competition in the local communications market which had been monopolized by KT for a century and made lives of local people more convenient by launching international phone service (002) in 1992 and long distance phone service in 1996. Currently Dacom is playing its role as a leader in the IT industry by doing business in future industries such as e-Biz, information security and Internet data center. Dacom will pioneer a wired/wireless convergence and converged broadcasting/communications. To learn more, please visit www.dacom.net About CommVerge Solutions CommVerge Solutions is a unique services company and a leading integrator of technology and business solutions, serving Telecommunications Service Providers throughout Asia. Since its inception in 1999, CommVerge has undertaken countless projects to design, implement and maintain converged voice and data networks, mobile network infrastructure, as well as 2.5G and 3G application platforms. CommVerge's mission is to assist customers maximize value and reduce risk by offering superior professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and network solutions designed to realize their business, technical and operational objectives. Headquartered in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , CommVerge has established offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. , Manila, Bangkok, Brunei Darussalam, and San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . To learn more, please visit www.commverge.com.
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