Korea Telecom Chooses Acme Packet Session Border Controllers for its NGN.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Acme Packet helps enable secure, high-quality hosted IP services Acme Packet(R) announced today that Korea Telecom KT (formerly, Korea Telecom, Korean: 한국통신, NYSE: KT) is South Korea's top integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider. KT has been Korea's leader in the development of the information & communications business for the last 25 years (KT), the largest service provider in Korea, is deploying the Net-Net(R) session border controllers (SBCs) in its national VoIP network that connects its residential and business customers. The Net-Net products are being integrated with Korea Telecom's next generation IP softswitch platform to offer more enhanced services. Acme Packet's SBCs are currently deployed in KT's network in Seoul, Korea, with a target to deploy in KT POPs in other major cities to offer VoIP and enhanced services in the future. Upon completion of the deployment, KT will be able to expand its current service offering of VoIP and high speed data with secure, high-quality multimedia IP services, all over its existing backbone infrastructure. After a comprehensive evaluation, KT selected the Acme Packet Net-Net SBCs for its project due to 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. 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. , as well as multiprotocol signaling 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, enables Korea Telecom to maximize its service reach, delivering premium IP communication services to business and residential subscribers. The Net-Net 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. security features, including access control and network topology See topology. hiding, help protect Korea Telecom's network from attack while ensuring high quality services to the end user. "Korea Telecom's selection of Acme Packet to supply session border control for its NGN (Next Generation Networks) An umbrella term for mixed voice and data networks running over the IP protocol. See IP Multimedia Subsystem. and new IP communication services enables KT to build a secure VoIP infrastructure capable of delivering high quality services," 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. "KT understands that trusted and premium quality communication services are key differentiators as telecommunications continues to migrate to IP networks." 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 over 240 service providers, including 21 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 multiple applications--from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services; 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. |
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