Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that Andy Ory, president and CEO at Acme Packet, was named New England's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® (EOY) in the Communications category at an awards banquet held recently in Boston. Recipients in 15 categories were recognized during the event, chosen out of 44 finalists from almost 100 formal nominations.

?All our finalists undergo a rigorous judging process during which they share their experiences in cultivating a successful business,? explained Bryan Pearce, partner and host of the Ernst & Young EOY awards. ?Andy impressed the judges not only with the continuing success of Acme Packet, but with his clear commitment to personal integrity and entrepreneurial vision.?

The Ernst & Young EOY award honors entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hard work and perseverance have created and sustained successful, growing business ventures. All award recipients were selected by an independent panel of judges composed of past Ernst & Young EOY alumni and were judged based on entrepreneurial spirit, financial performance, strategic direction, community/global impact, innovation and personal integrity/influence.

?This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the entire Acme Packet team, without which I would not be where I am today,? said Ory. ?I'm proud to accept this award on behalf of the exceptional group of people I work with, and look forward to continued success with them for many years to come.?

About Acme Packet

Acme Packet, the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first class interactive communications?voice, video and multimedia sessions?across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers 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 over 390 service providers in 77 countries, including 23 of the top 25, and 75 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 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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