Acme Packet: 9 Wins for Diameter Signaling Controller; 75 Opportunities

 
Several references were made during Acme Packet's Q3 analysts call (revenues - $65.3M - here) to its Diameter Signaling Controller product, by Andrew D. Ory (pictured) - Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, including:

• We expect that VoLTE services, offered by service providers, will ramp in 2014. The first wave of adoption involves LTE data services, where we already have 9 wins with our Diameter signaling controller. This includes 4 wins in the last 30 days alone. What's more, we are actively engaged with over 75 other opportunities.
    
• The European service provider market continues to be a bright spot for us. Some of our strongest and most strategic relationships are among the Tier 1 service providers in Europe. We see acceleration of 4G LTE planning and deployment, rolling interest in cloud and over-the-top architectures, as an alternative to traditional methods, broad support for our Diameter signaling controller and the broad increase in RFP and RFQ activity throughout the region. EMEA leads all regions with regards to engagement for LTE data services, VoLTE and RCSC.

During Q3 Acme published Telefonica Germany (here) and Aicent (here) as customers. See also previous statements on market share here and here.

See "Acme Packet Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript", by Seeking Alpha - here.

DSR Deployments [173]: Aicent Deployed Acme Packet

  

Acme Packet announced that Aicent Diameter Routing service (announced in July - here) is based on its technology and solutions.

 "Aicent .. has deployed Acme Packet solutions to support its global, next-generation IP-Exchange (IPX) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) roaming exchange services. Aicent deployed the Acme Packet Net-Net® Diameter Director to support its global LTE roaming service .. Acme Packet’s Diameter signaling controller enables Aicent to offer mobile service providers a single connection for all Diameter interconnections based on Aicent’s extensive partnerships with LTE operators located throughout the world".

"The Acme Packet solutions provide extensive SIP and Diameter normalization, mediation, and interworking functions that enable Aicent to accelerate service deployment, as well as comprehensive security and traffic management capabilities that protect against network overloads and malicious attacks".

See "Aicent Deploys Acme Packet to Support Global IPX and LTE Roaming Services" - here.

Diameter Announcements: Aicent Launches A Diameter Routing Service

  

Aicent introduced their "Diameter Routing Service specifically designed to help mobile operators quickly and seamlessly establish LTE Roaming interconnectivity services. Aicent’s Diameter Routing Service is currently in ongoing trials with a significant number of leading global operators .. Built upon their IPX Transport Service, Aicent’s Diameter Routing Service supports high data roaming volumes over a single Diameter peer implementation. With guaranteed interoperability between disparate Diameter installations, Aicent’s Diameter Routing Service ensures successful integration among two or more incompatible Diameter gateways, in addition to providing AVP mediation, roaming policies, and proactive Diameter signal monitoring, along with superior traffic management and load balancing capabilities".

"Aicent’s Diameter Routing Service enabled by a powerful Diameter platform, is designed to help alleviate the challenges operators will face while transitioning to an all IP network by offering a robust solution that incorporates scalability, security, routing, and subscriber roaming management".

"To help operators manage the complexities of interconnecting with global operators, Aicent developed their Diameter Routing Service to:

• Offer mobile operators a single Diameter peer implementation for all Diameter interconnections based on Aicent’s extensive partnerships with LTE operators located throughout the world
• Ensure a quick and successful implementation between two incompatible Diameter gateways
• Proactively monitor, alert, and develop reports, in real-time around Diameter signaling, traffic, and  roaming problems".

See "Aicent Introduces New Diameter Routing Service, Gives Mobile Operators Seamless Path To LTE Roaming" - here.