Avaya and Acme Packet Extend Relationship for Session Border Controller Technology

"The inclusion of session border control capabilities as an embedded, virtualized component of Avaya Aura helps customers enjoy the cost and business advantages of unified communications with the confidence that they are highly secure and fully interoperable with industry-leading SIP trunking and hosted IP service offerings," said David Downing, vice president and general manager, Unified Communications, Avaya.

"The extension of Acme Packet's agreement with Avaya will help drive the rapid expansion of SIP-based services beyond the large enterprise market," said Andy Ory, president and chief executive officer of Acme Packet. "The agreement announced today underscores the trend toward all-IP communications in the enterprise, and the leadership of Avaya and Acme Packet in moving the market in that direction."

Global leader in enterprise communications systems

Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first-class interactive communications -- voice, video and multimedia sessions -- and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, enterprise and contact center networks -- from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols -- SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS, H.248 and RTSP -- and multiple border points -- service provider access and interconnect, and enterprise access and trunking. Over 10,000 Acme Packet systems have been deployed by more than 1,035 customers in over 105 countries. They include 91 of the top 100 service providers in the world; and 11 of the Fortune 25. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400 or visit www.acmepacket.com.