Acme packet kevin mitchell
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Acme Packet is a leader in session border control (SBC) with over 60% market share, providing IP services across global networks. The GSMA's Voice over LTE (VoLTE) initiative aims to standardize mobile voice and messaging services across more than 40 organizations in the mobile ecosystem. The document highlights VoLTE deployment preferences, challenges in IP communication, and the necessity of SBC for trusted and reliable service delivery.
Acme packet kevin mitchell
- 1. Kevin Mitchell Director, Solu2ons Marke2ng Acme Packet kmitchell@acmepacket.com VoLTE Service Delivery Requirements
- 2. Acme Packet at a glance • Session Border Control (SBC) category creator and leader with over 60% market share • Mission: enable the delivery of trusted, first-‐class " Founded: 2000 interac2ve communica2ons and data services across " HQ: Bedford, MA USA IP network borders " NASDAQ: APKT " 2009 revenue: $142M • 10,000+ systems in over 100+ countries " 2009 net income: $17.1M " 500+ employees • 850+ service provider customers AT&T • 240+ enterprise & contact center customers • 100+ distribu2on & integra2on partners • Experienced, long-‐standing leadership team • Public company with strong financials
- 3. LTE voice will be IMS GSMA Leads Mobile Industry Towards a Single, Global Solu9on for Voice over LTE GSMA has adopted the work of the One Voice Ini9a9ve to drive the global mobile industry towards a standard way of delivering voice and messaging services for LTE. GSMA’s Voice over LTE (VoLTE) ini9a9ve has the backing of more than 40 organisa9ons from across the mobile ecosystem…all of whom support the principle of a single, IMS-‐based voice solu9on for next-‐genera9on Mobile Broadband networks February 2010 Service providers prefer IMS for LTE voice Deploy IMS (VoLTE) 94% Voice Migration-to-LTE Scenarios Implement circuit-switch fall back (CSFB) 56% Leave voice on 2G network 28% as long as possible Implement VoIP over 2.5/2.75G/3G 11% as a first step to full migration Offer voice softclients 11% on top of data plans Use MSC and SMS legacy, but convert 6% to SIP for delivery over IP RAN Implement voice over LTE 0% via generic access (VoLGA) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Percent of Respondents
- 4. VoLTE requirements: dealing with reality The 9 ugly truths of IP 1. In IP, we trust no one 2. Addresses and iden22es – network & user – will forever be a collec2on of heterogeneous schemes 3. SIP is not a single signaling protocol nor the only protocol 4. Codecs will never converge to a couple -‐ audio & video 5. Unlimited bandwidth, QoS & signaling resources will forever be a myth 6. Some sessions are more important/valuable than others 7. No one will be allowed to do/use anything they want 8. IP regulatory compliance requirements will increase 9. Service provider business models will never be homogenous
- 5. Session border control required to deliver trusted, first class VoLTE RCS Telepresence Residen'al VoIP VoLTE IM & Presence Video FMC IP trunking Security Revenue & cost management SLA assurance Service reach Regulatory maximiza2on compliance
- 6. Session border control means Superior user experience Secure, trusted services Controlling costs Service flexibility Scaling service capacity