I've had several discussions with folks at Acme Packet over the past few months. Most recent was my Realtime Unified Communications Podcast Chat with Acme Packets Marketing Leaders last week. Congrats to Acme Packet on their continued growth and leadership.

Acme Packet Receives MassNetComms Awards for Company of the Year and Fastest Growth in 2006

BURLINGTON, MA, APRIL 9, 2007— Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that the Massachusetts Network Communications Council (MassNetComms) honored Acme Packet with two awards at its annual awards ceremony held on April 4th at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MA. Andy Ory, the company’s president and CEO, accepted the awards for Acme Packet. Acme Packet was recognized as Public Company of the Year as well as Fastest Growth in Massachusetts for 2006.

As noted by MassNetComms’ award descriptions, “Acme Packet had one of the most successful IPO’s in recent Massachusetts history. It grew substantially in every way last year. Revenues jumped from $36 million to $84 million year-over-year and net income went from zero to $29 million. The company added over one hundred customers and employment growth in Massachusetts was equally dramatic—a 44 percent jump in 2006. It now employs over 250 in 20 countries and serves nearly three-quarters of the top 100 service providers in the world.”

“Massachusetts network communications companies enjoy a long tradition of excellence in both the national and global arenas,” stated Mark Horan, Executive Director for MassNetComms. “The Company of the Year award recognizes the ‘best of the best’ and is awarded to a company that combines leading-edge technology, far-reaching vision, exceptional people, and marketing and sales ingenuity to achieve success.”

“Massachusetts is the ideal place to develop, build and operate great networking companies, given the support of a vibrant venture community, university system and wealth of talented individuals that live in the region,” declared Ory. “The ongoing support of organizations like MassNetComms is a testament to the richness of the area’s high-tech ecosystem. I am proud of our organization’s accomplishments in 2006, which have positioned us well for 2007.”

About MassNetComms
Based in Waltham, MA, the Massachusetts Network Communications Council supports more than 230 telecommunications, Internet, software and application companies and affiliated organizations throughout the Commonwealth and New England. MassNetComms works through its members and events, as well as policy and workforce initiatives to promote the Commonwealth as an international center for network communications development and to increase the global presence of local entities. Founded in 1993, MassNetComms provides a regular schedule of informative speakers, panel discussions and debates on current issues in technology and business, industry training and networking opportunities, as well as access to industry information through its Web site. MassNetComms members participate in issues focused committees, such as workforce development, government affairs, membership, program development and international trade. More information is available at massnetcomms.org.

About Acme Packet
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.

Acme Packet Safe Harbor Statement
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 establish and maintain intellectual property rights, our ability to build and grow Acme Packet, the benefits and advantages of our products, including any enhancements or new features, services and programs 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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