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Acme Packet, the leader in session border control solutions, enables service providers to deliver trusted, first class interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family has been selected by over 360 service providers in 75 countries to satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks. Our customers include 23 of the top 25, and 72 of the top 100 service providers in the world. These deployments support multiple applications—from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed mobile convergence; multiple protocols—SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248; and multiple border points—interconnect, access network and data center. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit www.acmepacket.com.

Alcatel-Lucent's vision is to enrich people’s lives by transforming the way the world communicates. Born with an unparalleled ability to offer end-to-end communications solutions to our customers, we are focused on enhancing client relationships and enriching the lives of people through communications. Expert, driven, intuitive, innovative, Alcatel-Lucent is the first truly global communications solutions provider, with the most complete end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry.

AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high-speed DSL Internet, local and long-distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with more than 52 million wireless customers.
British Telecommunications plc is one of the world's leading global provider of communications services. The company's main activities include the provision of fixed line services, mobile telephony, internet services and international directories.
Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's networking solutions connect people, computing devices and computer networks, allowing people to access or transfer information without regard to differences in time, place or type of computer system.
Clique Communications is a leading provider of IP Video solutions at the forefront of the broadband industry. We have integrated a comprehensive set of standards-based communication tools, including video, audio, SIP, and firewall traversal technologies to deploy an extensive product suite. Clique products include the Video Phone, Video Email, Video Blogging and the Clique Software Development Kit (SDK).
CommuniGate Systems develops IMS-ready carrier class IP Communications software for broadband & mobile service providers, Enterprises and OEM partners worldwide. Since 1991, our company's mission is to create the most scalable, feature-rich solutions platform for Internet Communications based on open standards.
Empirix delivers solutions that help enterprises and telecoms to improve the performance of their Web-based applications (including CRM and ERP programs), optimize their contact centers' IVR and CTI infrastructure, and ensure the reliability of their next-generation communications equipment and networks.
Ericsson is the largest supplier of mobile systems in the world and supports all major standards for wireless communication. Ericsson drives the telecoms industry and is shaping the future. The world's 10 largest mobile operators are among Ericsson's customers and some 40% of all mobile calls are made through their systems.
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute is a non-profit government-funded research organization that has been at the forefront of technological excellence for more than 25 years as a leader in the information and telecommunication in Korea.
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., a leader in intelligent optical transport networking equipment, designs and manufactures fiber-optic transmission and broadband switching platforms. FNC develops software enabling customers to perform in-service management and monitoring of the telephone network, and provides network design, installation, and maintenance services.

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has acted from a corporate philosophy of contributing to society through technology. In the intervening years, the world and society have changed greatly, but we have never lost our pioneering spirit, based on the principles of harmony and sincerity.
Established in 1988, Huawei Technologies is a high-tech enterprise which specializes in research and development (R&D), production and marketing of communications equipment, providing customized network solutions for telecom carriers in optical, fixed, mobile and data communications networks.
UNH-IOL
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) tests networking and data communications products. Since 1988, the laboratory has fostered multi-vendor interoperability while preparing UNH students for careers in the industry. The laboratory has grown steadily into one of the industry's premier independent proving grounds for new technologies.

Iometrix is the networking industry's preeminent testing authority, dedicated to developing the rigorous, standards-based methodologies essential to any meaningful evaluation of advanced enterprise and WAN technologies. The company already attracted international attention with its massively scaled SONET stress test - which measured and monitored 512 ports in parallel and generated 160 Gbps of traffic. The lab performs pioneering evaluations of WLANs, Metro Ethernet services, storage networks and other emerging technologies. Iometrix is the only lab entrusted by the Metro Ethernet Forum for its certification program, for which the company developped extensive test plans with hundreds of test cases.
Italtel designs, develops and installs new generation integrated multi-service networks (voice/data/video), with a systems integration capability that ensures tlc fixed and mobile operators and ISPs infrastructure that is reliable and open to networking and future technological developments.
Ixia is a leading provider of performance test systems for IP-based infrastructure and services. Ixia is a public company (NASDAQ: XXIA) operating in over 30 countries worldwide. Service Providers, Network and Telephony System Vendors, Semiconductor Manufacturers, Governments, and Enterprises use Ixia's test systems to validate the functionality and reliability of complex IP networks, devices, and applications.
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is an active member of MSF and supports the MSF R2 Architecture.

Mitsubishi Electric is a global leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment for home products, commercial and industrial systems and equipment products.

Movius Interactive Corporation gives people the power to enrich their lives through viable innovations that transform the way they interact with information, media and each other. Formerly under the name of IP Unity Glenayre, Movius is a global leader in messaging, collaboration and mobile media solutions for service providers globally. Movius solutions include a full suite of messaging and collaboration applications including voice mail, video mail, unified messaging, SMS, MMS, conferencing and video conferencing. Movius solutions for the adjacent market of interactive mobile media include video portal, mobile IM and other media rich solutions.
The mission of the National Communications System is to "Assist the President, the National Security Council, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in (1) the exercise of the telecommunications functions and responsibilities, and (2) the coordination of the planning for and provision of national security and emergency preparedness communications for the Federal government under all circumstances, including crisis or emergency, attack, recovery and reconstitution."
NEC Corporation is a leading provider of Internet solutions, dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its customers in the key computer, network and electron device fields through its three market-focused in-house companies: NEC Solutions, NEC Networks and NEC Electron Devices.

NextPoint Networks delivers global, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) border platforms and secure interconnectivity solutions that enable mobile and fixed-line operators to interoperate. NextPoint's technology platform, products and solution suites address the evolving needs of mobile and fixed-line operators for increasing security and intelligence at the network edge by delivering secure voice, data and multimedia over a scalable platform. Over 550 service providers and enterprises worldwide use NextPoint’s IntelliConnect System across multiple, diverse network technologies and operating systems to manage technical complexities, optimize business economics, and remove partnership hurdles.

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. The combined pro-forma revenues of €17.1bn in fiscal year 2006 make Nokia Siemens Networks one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It combines Nokia'™s Networks Business Group and the carrier related businesses of Siemens Communications.

Established more than a century ago, Nortel Networks has a proud tradition of innovation and global leadership in shaping the evolution of communications. Today, we're delivering networking and communication services and infrastructure to service providers and enterprises in more than 150 countries.
NTT offers a wide variety of system integration and telecommunications services, focusing on creating unique, cost-efficient solutions for today's global businesses. NTT's multimedia communications services are grouped under Arcstar, the brand name that is fast becoming synonymous with advanced telecommunications technology.
Operax is a Swedish independent software vendor offering world-leading products and solutions for dynamic service and bandwidth control in IP networks. Operax products are based on Operax patented core technology that ensures end-to-end transport QoS for virtually any IP service or application. Operax allows network operators and service providers to offer their customers differentiated services, which attract new customers and reduce churn.
RadiSys (Nasdaq: RSYS) is the leading provider of advanced embedded solutions for the communications networking and commercial systems markets. Through intimate customer collaboration and combining innovative technologies and industry leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs bring better products to market faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards, platforms and systems, which are used in today's complex computing, processing and network intensive applications.
Samsung Group encompasses all key business activities in telecommunications, information processing, home appliances, and semiconductor production. This is the greatest advantage for a corporation specialized in digital businesses. It is the source of our technological competitiveness.
Spirent Communications is a worldwide provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems for next-generation network technologies. Our solutions accelerate the profitable development and deployment of network equipment and services by emulating real-world conditions in the lab and assuring end-to-end performance of large-scale networks.
Tekelec is a high-performance network applications company that is accelerating the transition to IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks for service providers around the globe.
It's a brand new era in telecommunications. The unique and complementary strengths of the former Bell Atlantic and GTE companies have come together to form one of the world's premier communications companies - Verizon Communications. Bell Atlantic and GTE customers are now Verizon customers.
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc provides an extensive range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications, and is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Far East through the Company's subsidiary undertakings, associated undertakings and investments.
Xener Systems
Group of industry gurus who had rich experiences and expertise in communication technology established Xener Systems, inc. with the vision that Internet and Telephony
will be converged into one network in the future. Since its foundation, Xener Systems, inc. has focused all its efforts on one goal - to provide the best solution for establishment of NGN (Next Generation Network).
ZTE Corporation is China's largest listed telecom manufacturer, specializing in providing customized network solutions to telecom carriers worldwide. Listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1997, ZTE Corporation has been devoted to maximize the return to shareholders through its commitment to people, advanced technologies and quality services. 


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