BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS -- (Marketwire) -- 02/12/13 -- Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery networks, and CounterPath (NASDAQ: CPAH) (TSX: CCV), a leading developer of award-winning desktop, tablet and mobile VoIP software products and solutions, today announced a joint solution based on CounterPath's market-leading Bria softphone and Acme Packet's market-leading Net-Net session border controller (SBC). The solution is targeted at service providers looking to extend service footprint and increase subscriber base by tapping into the growing demand for "over-the-top" (OTT) services that leverage the Internet for real-time voice and video communications.
News Highlights:
-- The joint solution is the first to leverage Acme Packet's implementation of an emerging standard known as Tunneled Service Control Function (TSCF), which delivers an infrastructure-based alternative for real-time, over-the-top (OTT) communications.
-- CounterPath's Bria mobile edition, a SIP-based softphone for Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, as well as Google Android, now integrates tunneling innovations from Acme Packet that enable increased secure connectivity, enhanced firewall traversal, and interoperability with Acme Packet's SBCs.
-- The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the standards organization that oversees the development of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), is currently working to standardize the TSCF function.
-- Acme Packet and CounterPath designed this solution for service providers looking to provide secure voice, video, IM, presence, and SMS to mobile apps - with higher levels of quality and reliability than current solutions.
-- The joint solution helps customers extend the reach of their services by allowing tunneled sessions to traverse network borders, even in the presence of strict firewalls.
-- With Acme Packet's patent-pending tunnel redundancy, the solution improves media quality under adverse network conditions and the Internet, where packet loss is common. Both signaling and media are replicated to ensure the highest possible quality of experience.
-- The solution also features CounterPath's Client Configuration Server, which is used by service providers to deploy and provision the CounterPath mobile app.
Joint Solution Benefits:
-- Secure VoIP and video communications for mobile applications on iPhone, Android, and Windows devices-- Maximum service reach with strict firewall traversal-- High voice quality and surmount packet loss for off-net or OTT VoIP services-- Call continuity across Wi-Fi and mobile networks-- Open and standards driven tunneling technology for both signaling and media-- Service provider-grade IP communications and security leveraging hardware assisted encryption and tunneling technologies-- Protection against malicious attacks and non-malicious overloads for OTT services-- Support for standard codecs, regardless of signaling or media type
