
Europe
Spain : Acme Packet announced that Telefonica Moviles Espana, Group
Telefonica Moviles' mobile operator in Spain, is using Acme Packet's
Net-Net session border controllers ( see above ) to deliver its new
3G video telephony services. Telefonica Moviles Espana offers digital
mobile and telephony services in Spain under the brand name of "Movistar."
It is the Spanish market leader, with more than 19.6 million subscribers.
This new 3G, SIP-based,
video telephony service, enables subscribers to use both wireless
and wireline connections for their interactive video communications.
In delivering this service, Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers
support subscriber access. They provide a comprehensive set of security
functions including access control, network topology hiding and DoS
protection against both signaling and media attacks and overloads.
To maximize the numbers of subscribers reachable by the service, the
adaptive NAT traversal feature enables the video calls to cross existing
data firewalls at the customer premise over a broadband connection
from a secure network element managed by Telefonica Moviles Espana.
"Telefonica
Moviles Espana is taking the lead among the major wireless providers
to actually deliver innovative interactive communication services,"
declared Andy Ory, president and CEO, Acme Packet. "This deployment
with Telefonica Moviles Espana also significantly extends our relationship
with Group Telefonica from wireline hosted business and residential
VoIP services to wireless."
About Acme Packet
Acme Packet, the
leader in session border control solutions, enables service providers
to deliver premium, interactive communications - voice, video and
multimedia sessions - across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family
has been selected by over 160 service providers, including 20 of the
top 25 providers in the world, to satisfy critical security, service
assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless
networks. These deployments support all applications - from VoIP trunking
to hosted enterprise and residential services; all protocols - SIP,
H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248; and all border points - interconnect, access
network and data center.