Acme Packet, Inc. is the leading provider of session border controllers, or
SBCs, that enable service providers and enterprises to deliver secure and high
quality interactive communications—voice, video and other real-time multimedia
sessions—across defined border points where Internet Protocol networks connect,
known as network borders. Service providers include wireline, wireless, cable
and Internet telephony service providers. The Internet Protocol, or IP, is a
standardized method of transmitting information, such as interactive
communications, from one device, such as a personal computer, server, IP
telephone and personal digital advisor, to another device over any type of
physical private or public network, including the Internet. Our Net-Net
products, which consist of our hardware and proprietary software, serve as a
central element in unifying the separate IP networks.  ...