BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT - News), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced the introduction of the Net-Net® 3820, the newest member of its session border controller (SBC) product family. This platform is targeted at both small to mid-sized IP communications service providers, and mission-critical enterprise and contact center applications. The Net-Net 3820 complements Acme Packet’s Net-Net 2600, 4250, 4500 and 9200 platforms, and further strengthens the industry’s most comprehensive and scalable portfolio of session border control solutions.

The Net-Net 3820 is a NEBS-compliant platform that extends the capabilities of the original Net-Net 3800 platform by including support for single or dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies. In addition, the Net-Net 3820 doubles the session capacity of the Net-Net 3800 from 4,000 to 8,000 sessions, and can be configured as a Net-Net Session Director (SD), a decomposed Net-Net Signaling Firewall (SF) or a session routing proxy (SRP).

“Tier 2 and tier 3 service providers require cost-effective, carrier-grade solutions for deploying next-generation services. At the same time, today’s demanding enterprise VoIP, unified communications and IP video conferencing applications require high-availability platforms to ensure business continuity,” said Seamus Hourihan, executive vice president of marketing and product management for Acme Packet. “The Net-Net 3820 offers service providers, enterprises and contact centers a highly flexible, NEBS-compliant SBC platform for trusted, first-class interactive communications across IP network borders.”

Acme Packet Inc. (Nasdaq: APKT)