[February 06, 2010] Phone Power Leverages Acme Packet's Net-Net 4500 Session Border Controllers Tweet Feb 05, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Acme Packet, Inc., a supplier of session border control solutions, announced that Phone Power, a VoIP service provider to the U.S. and Canadian markets, has deployed Acme Packet's Net-Net 4500 session border controllers (SBCs) as part of a highly scalable SIP routing solution that eliminates the need for Class 4 softswitches in their network. In a release, the Company noted that the SBCs are also used by Phone Power at its access borders to secure and extend the reach of its hosted VoIP services to a greater number of business and residential customers. By leveraging the broad scope of functionality delivered by the Net-Net SBC, Phone Power believes it can achieve double-digit revenue growth in 2010 and beyond. Phone Power is a next-generation telecommunications company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. A privately-owned company founded in 2005, they provide telecommunications service to the continental U.S. and Canada, with all customer service based in the U.S. Phone Power offers a broad diversity of services ranging from single-line residential voice to corporate contact centers. Phone Power's retail products are available nationwide through retailers such as Best Buy and Fry's. To avoid using expensive Class 4 switches to route calls, Phone Power said that it employs Acme Packet's Open Session Routing (OSR) architecture, leveraging the high-capacity, high-performance SIP session routing capability of the Net-Net 4500 SBC. The versatility of OSR is enabling Phone Power to quickly enter new markets with services designed to help the company meet their goals for revenue growth over the next eight quarters. "We chose the Net-Net 4500 platform primarily because of the enormous access-side growth we are experiencing," said Jim Murphy, Managing Partner at Phone Power. "Acme Packet's field-proven SBC feature set, along with its flexibility and ability to scale will contribute to that growth while helping us to keep costs in check." "By choosing next-generation, IP-based approaches over traditional Class 4 switching, competitive service providers like Phone Power are becoming a viable alternative to incumbent providers," said Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet's vice president of marketing and product management. "Acme Packet's OSR architecture provides the necessary capabilities for service providers to deliver trusted, first-class SIP-based services." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]