Acme Packet

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Acme Packet
Type Public (NASDAQ: APKT)
Founded August, 2000
Headquarters Burlington, MA, USA
Key people CEO: Andy Ory
CTO: Patrick MeLampy
Industry Networking hardware
Products Session Border Controllers
Revenue ▲ USD 113.1 million (2007)
Net income ▲ USD 19.6 million (2007)
Employees 320+ (Q3 2007)
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Acme Packet is a company based in Burlington, Massachusetts which produces and markets Session Border Controllers and related systems information technology. It is a public company incorporated in Delaware. Acme Packet counts as its clients 465 service providers in 85 countries, including 24 of the top 25 and 82 of the top 100 service providers in the world.

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Acme Packet enables the delivery of interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—across IP network borders. Their Net-Net family of session border controllers supports multiple applications in service provider, contact center and large enterprise networks - from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. Market research firm Infonetics Research forecasts the session border controller market to reach $552 million in 2010.

They employ over 300 individuals in 22 countries.

[edit] Products

Acme Packet’s session border control product family consists of the Net-Net OS, 4000, 4000 PAC, 9000 and EMS. The brand name "Net-Net" reflects the role of these products in interconnecting IP networks for voice, video and multimedia services. Their session border controllers support next-gen, converged fixed-mobile architectures including 3GPP IMS, ETSI TISPAN, ATIS, the Multi-Service Forum, PacketCable and the DSL Forum. These support multiple applications in service provider, contact center and large enterprise networks - from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence.

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