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Telefonica Germany Deploys Acme Packet for the Next-Generation Signaling Core

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24.07.2012 14:30
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BEDFORD, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/24/12 --  Acme Packet(R) (NASDAQ:
APKT), the leader in session delivery networks, today announced that
Telefonica Germany, a leading provider of fixed and mobile services,
is deploying Acme Packet's solutions for the next-generation
signaling core, including the Net-Net(R) Session Router and Net-Net
Diameter Director, to support its fixed-line voice over IP (VoIP), 3G
mobile network, and future Long Term Evolution (LTE) services. 

News Highlights:


--  Acme Packet's Net-Net Session Router and Net-Net Diameter Director
    provide a solution for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Diameter
    routing for Telefonica Germany's current fixed VoIP and mobile
    network, as well as its future LTE network.
    
    
--  Telefonica Germany chose the recently announced Net-Net 7000
    platform, which delivers high-performance processing through a highly
    scalable solution.
    
    
--  The solution protects Telefonica Germany's core IP Multimedia
    Subsystem (IMS) and Diameter servers from overloads, assuring service
    availability, while solving incompatibility challenges between vendors
    and networks with programmable interworking features.
    
    
--  This deployment also builds on Acme Packet's IMS service delivery and
    SIP interconnect solutions, which were previously chosen by
    Telefonica Germany.



Customer Benefits: 


--  Cost-effective scalability and reduced complexity for the
    next-generation signaling core
--  Protected network and high service availability
--  Fast time-to-market for LTE and IMS services
--  Reduced costs by seamlessly unifying distinct parts of the network



Quotes:

'We, like many service providers around the world, are rapidly
expanding or building out next-generation LTE and IMS networks to
meet growing communications needs,' said Dr. Marius Moise, Manager
Mobile Voice Services, Telefonica Germany. 'The new Net-Net 7000
series is on track to meet the demanding signaling needs that these
new networks present, and help us deliver new, revenue generating
services in a cost-effective manner.' 

'Acme Packet's unrivaled feature set, IP signaling expertise, and
scalable platform made it a perfect solution for solving Telefonica
Germany's SIP and Diameter signaling challenges,' said Mario
Oliveira, vice president of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and
Caribbean and Latin America sales, Acme Packet. 'Telefonica Germany
is looking to the future by smartly investing in bringing innovative,
next-generation services to market through Acme Packet's session
delivery network solutions, delivering a quick time-to-market and
high cost savings for an LTE and IMS infrastructure.'

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Tags:

Acme Packet, APKT, VoIP, voice over IP, IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem,
LTE, VoLTE, voice, video, mobile, SIP, next-generation signaling
core, Diameter, Diameter signaling controllers, session router

About Telefonica Germany

Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, together with its brand O2, is
part of Telefonica Europe and is a company of the Spanish
telecommunications group Telefonica S.A. The company offers both its
private and business customers in Germany post- and prepaid mobile
communications products, along with innovative mobile data services
on the basis of GPRS, UMTS and LTE technology. As an integrated
communications provider, the company also offers DSL landline
telephony and high-speed Internet services. Telefonica Europe has
more than 105 million mobile and landline customers in Spain, the
United Kingdom, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany.

About Acme Packet

Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery network
solutions, enables the trusted, first-class delivery of
next-generation voice, data and unified communications services and
applications across IP networks. Our Net-Net product family fulfills
demanding security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in
service provider, enterprise and contact center networks. Based in
Bedford, Massachusetts, Acme Packet designs and manufactures its
products in the USA, selling them through over 220 reseller partners
worldwide. More than 1,600 customers in 107 countries have deployed
over 16,000 Acme Packet systems, including 88 of the top 100 service
providers and 41 of the Fortune 100. For more information visit
www.acmepacket.com.

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