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BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that it will showcase its wireless access and interconnect solutions at GSMA Mobile World Congress at Fira de Barcelona February 16 – 19, 2009. Acme Packet will be exhibiting, presenting and demonstrating at hospitality suite Z3.12 in Zone 3 and the FemtoZone in Hall 2.

At Mobile World Congress, senior staff will be available to discuss how Acme Packet’s solutions can smartly simplify the delivery of IP voice, video and data services over 3G and 4G RANs, fixed-mobile convergence networks, VoIP interconnects and core transport networks. Acme Packet will also highlight the key role its Net-Net® product family plays in GSMA IPX, PathFinder and Rich Communication Suite (RCS) initiatives. To schedule a meeting with Acme Packet or view the demonstrations at Mobile World Congress complete the meeting request form on the Acme Packet website.

Acme Packet’s hospitality suite will showcase its latest product demonstrations featuring femtocells, streaming video control and hosted unified communications. The Net-Net Security Gateway (SG) and Net-Net Session Director (SD) will be used along with products and services from partners AirWalk Communications, BroadSoft®, Chinook Hosting and Tatara Systems. The demonstrations include:

SIP femtocell voice and data service delivery

Acme Packet’s Net-Net SG and Net-Net SD will connect an AirWalk EdgePoint™ SIP-based femtocell to an IMS/NGN data center. The Net-Net SG provides the femtocell security gateway function for securely tunneling voice and data traffic across the Internet. Acme Packet’s session border controller provides SIP session control and routes traffic to Tatara Systems’ Tatara Convergence Server (TCS) to provide voice, messaging, and supplementary services as well as active session handover with the macro TDM-based cellular network.

Video delivery with quality of service

Acme Packet’s Net-Net SD will control the delivery of Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)-based video over a bandwidth-constrained access network. The SBC acts as a RTSP-proxy, controlling video stream admission into the access network by querying an external policy server and assigns appropriate QoS marking for the stream’s packets. The SBC also provides access controls and topology hiding to ensure network availability and security of the video servers.

Hosted unified communications in a software as a service (SaaS) model

Service provider-hosted unified communications will be delivered to fixed and mobile devices via the Net-Net SD and solutions from BroadSoft, Microsoft and Chinook Hosting. BroadSoft’s BroadWorks® application is integrated with Microsoft’s Hosted Messaging & Collaboration (HMC) solution for a seamless user experience. Acme Packet’s Net-Net session border controller is deployed at the border between Chinook’s data center and the Internet providing security, service reach maximization, SLA assurance and regulatory compliance for the unified communications.

Acme Packet will also be presenting and exhibiting at the FemtoZone in Hall 2 at stand 2.1 B34. Acme Packet is a Femto Forum member and has contributed to the definition of the femtocell architecture now adopted by 3GPP in release 8. Featuring leading femtocell vendors, the FemtoZone, sponsored by GSMA and the Femto Forum, will serve as the industry’s central information point on femtocell markets and technologies at Mobile World Congress. Acme Packet will present “Security Considerations for Femtocells” on Tuesday, February 17th, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm at the FemtoZone booth. More information on the FemtoZone, including the speaking program, is available at the Femto Forum website.

About Acme Packet

Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first class interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, large enterprise and contact center networks—from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols—SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248—and multiple border points—interconnect, access and data center. Our products have been selected by more than 580 customers in 85 countries, including 29 of the top 30, and 84 of the top 100 service providers in the world. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit www.acmepacket.com.

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Statements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate, among other things, to our position in the session border control market, our expected financial and operating results, our ability to build and grow Acme Packet, the benefits and expected deployments of our products or services, and our ability to achieve our goals, plans and objectives. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: difficulties in growing our customer base, difficulties leveraging market opportunities, difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers, poor product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new products, difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners, higher risk in international operations, difficulty managing rapid growth, and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially form those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in such filings.

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Patent-Pending Technology Unlocks the Performance Potential of 802.11n

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 3, 2009 — Aerohive Networks, the award-winning creators of the controller-less “cooperative control” wireless LAN (WLAN) architecture, today announced the introduction of Dynamic Airtime Scheduling. Dynamic Airtime Scheduling dramatically improves wireless LAN performance by measuring each client’s instantaneous data rate and airtime use and scheduling airtime based on IT-specified policies. It can be used to ensure that fast clients, such as 802.11n clients, aren’t slowed down by lower-speed clients, and it can enforce IT-specified policies to ensure that critical applications and users receive adequate airtime. Dynamic Airtime Scheduling provides greater system capacity in busy wireless networks and can increase individual clients’ performance ten-fold. More information about Aerohive products is available at www.aerohive.com.

Unlocking the Full Value of 802.11n
On wireless LANs, only one network client may transmit data at a time. Traditionally, faster clients must wait while slower clients take their (relatively long) turns. Clients can be slow for many reasons, including lower-speed protocols (i.e., 802.11a), wireless interference, inconsistent RF coverage, and distant or obstructed network connections. On the vast majority of wireless LANs, there are slow clients that significantly degrade the performance of all clients. These factors prevent many enterprises from realizing the full value of their 802.11n investments, because their 802.11n clients operate far below their maximum data rates. Airtime Scheduling enables faster clients, such as 802.11n clients, to complete their transmissions without waiting for the slower clients to complete theirs, unlocking the performance potential of the faster clients without penalizing the slower clients.

“In wireless LANs, the worst client dominates the air, as only one client can transmit or receive at a time, and slower clients take more airtime to send the same data,” said Adam Conway, vice president, product management, Aerohive Networks. “Aerohive’s breakthrough Dynamic Airtime Scheduling technology resolves this issue, creating dramatic performance improvements in a wide array of common, yet challenging, wireless LAN environments.”

Dynamic Airtime Scheduling Provides Superior Scheduling
Because Dynamic Airtime Scheduling measures the actual airtime of each client’s packets, it delivers better performance improvements than protocol-based scheduling approaches that simplistically prioritize 802.11n clients over 802.11ag clients. Protocol-based scheduling does not address the issue of slow 802.11n clients impacting faster 802.11n clients, nor does it prevent slow 802.11n clients from restricting faster 802.11ag clients. In fact, protocol-based scheduling can inadvertently prioritize slow 802.11n clients at the expense of faster-performing 802.11ag clients.

“A fast radio isn’t sufficient by itself to produce great performance in large-scale production WLAN environments,” said Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm. “As we’ve seen over the years with operating systems, how traffic is scheduled, along with QoS management, can make a huge difference in how well a WLAN system actually succeeds. Aerohive’s Dynamic Airtime Scheduling is a great step forward in assuring that mission-critical Wi-Fi installations provide the best possible service to users and their applications alike.”

Aerohive Architecture Enables Microsecond Feedback
Aerohive’s unique cooperative control architecture features a distributed control plane, which puts control and data intelligence in the HiveAP along with the radio, creating a microsecond-feedback air interface that is able to react to instantaneous changes in the RF network, such as clients changing their data rates.

Other New Features
Dynamic Airtime Scheduling is delivered in HiveOS 3.2, the latest version of Aerohive’s HiveAP operating system software. HiveOS 3.2 is a substantial release, with 20 other new features that are focused on application support, resiliency, and management, including firewall enhancements and Track IP path resilience.

A significant new feature of the latest HiveOS release is HiveUI, an easy-to-use embedded network management application that can quickly deploy a hive of up to 12 HiveAPs. An entire hive can be managed via the HiveUI Web interface on a single 802.11n HiveAP, providing configuration, status, and guest-management functionality to customers who do not require the advanced features of Aerohive’s HiveManager network management system. This free, intuitive interface reduces the cost of and simplifies small deployments, extending the benefits of Aerohive’s cooperative control architecture to smaller businesses.

Pricing and Availability
HiveOS 3.2 is available now as a free upgrade for all Aerohive customers.

About Aerohive Networks
Aerohive Networks’ cooperative control enterprise wireless LAN architecture provides all the management, mobility, and security of controller-based architectures without the cost, capacity, performance, and availability issues associated with controller deployments. The architecture also scales easily to support 802.11n. In addition, Aerohive solutions provide the reliability and scalability necessary for mission-critical networks and are optimized for voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) applications. Aerohive was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. The company’s investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Northern Light Venture Capital. For more information, please visit www.aerohive.com or call 408-988-9918.

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Wavesat Closes $11.7M Round of Funding — Top Tier VCs Recognize Wavesat’s Leadership
in Multi-Protocol 4G Silicon

Montreal, QUE / Sunnyvale, CA – February 3, 2009 – Wavesat Inc., a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, announced today the Company has secured its latest round of funding, raising $11.7 million CAD. Existing investors led by BDR Capital, BDC Capital and Multiple Capital participated in the round. Proceeds will be used to further strengthen the Company’s leadership position in the 4G Broadband market.

Introduced in May 2008, Wavesat’s unique Odyssey™ 4G multi-protocol architecture has been gaining wide-spread acceptance. Wavesat delivers silicon that enables customers to deploy multiple Broadband Wireless technologies such as WiMAX® Wave2 and XG-PHS today and to migrate seamlessly to future 4G technologies such as LTE. In recent months, Wavesat announced that Compal, a leading ODM for handheld devices, selected the Odyssey for mobile WiMAX USB dongles. Also, Willcom, a large wireless network operator in Japan, has chosen Wavesat to help develop XG-PHS services and equipment in that country.

“We are impressed by the great strides the company has made since the introduction of the Odyssey chipset and how they are executing and adapting their 4G strategy in this challenging environment,” said Jean Bédard, Managing Partner, BDR Capital. “The Odyssey architecture and product roadmap is right for the times, providing real world benefits to many customers in multiple markets and multiple geographies.”

Later this month, Wavesat will be presenting its Odyssey portfolio of 4G Broadband products at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

About Wavesat

Wavesat is a global leader in mobile broadband, providing advanced semiconductor solutions to the world’s leading carrier and mobile device manufacturers to deploy future-proof broadband services and products. With award winning technology, Wavesat delivers silicon that enables customers to deploy multiple Broadband Wireless technologies such as WiMAX Wave2 and XG-PHS today and to migrate seamlessly to future 4G technologies such as LTE. Wavesat was awarded the 2008 Frost and Sullivan Mobile Broadband Wireless Access Excellence in Technology Award and was recognized as one of Canada’s Top Ten Technology companies for 2009. Wavesat is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum®. For more information, please visit www.wavesat.com.

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