[December 22, 2008] Korea Cable Telecom Extends Acme Packet SBC Deployment for VoIP Services Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Acme Packet, a provider of session border control solutions, announced that Korea Cable Telecom (KCT), a consortium of seven cable operators providing VoIP services throughout Korea, has expanded its deployment of Acme Packet Net-Net session border controllers (SBCs) to satisfy subscriber growth. Acme Packet noted that it was initially selected by KCT in 2006 to support its hosted VoIP services launched at that time. KCT is using Acme Packet's SBCs to deliver secure VoIP services to its base of 12 million cable subscribers in Korea. KCT uses a number of Acme Packet's critical control functions for security and service reach maximization. Acme Packet's security framework, Net-SAFE, provides denial of service (DoS) attack prevention, topology hiding and access control to protect KCT's VoIP core and ensure network availability. The Net-Net SBCs offer signaling interoperability with a broad range of products, using Acme Packet's SIP header manipulation feature to accelerate deployment and maximize the reach of KCT's services. The Net-Net SBCs' hosted NAT traversal capability also allows SIP sessions to traverse existing data firewall/NAT devices at KCT's subscribers' homes. "KCT's goal is to significantly grow our subscriber base in 2008, meeting the burgeoning demand throughout Korea for next-generation IP communications," said Oh Young-Cheol, CTO from KCT. "We found the Net-Net SBC solution to be the most advanced and capable when we first deployed it, and now Acme Packet is helping enable our expansion endeavor by delivering interoperability and critical control functions instrumental to our success." "As an aggressive company in a competitive communications market, KCT needs to offer its customers a clearly compelling service offering," said Seamus Hourihan, vice president of marketing and product management for Acme Packet. "Acme Packet's SBCs deliver the capabilities and features that enable KCT to blend key features and functions with the security and reliability that KCT's customers demand." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]