Acme Packet announces that Cricket has deployed Acme Packet’s session border controllers to securely interconnect its VoIP core network to other service providers. Cricket is one of the first mobile operators in the United States to interconnect its VoIP core via IP to other service providers for PSTN origination and termination.

Cricket is a simple, affordable wireless service offering consumers and local businesses a flat-rate, unlimited service utilizing the latest infrastructure technology. Cricket offers service in 23 states and has more than three million customers. Designed for customers whose basic and advanced wireless needs have not been met by traditional communications companies, Cricket is the pioneer of unlimited services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required.

After initial Acme Packet Net-Net 4000 Session Director deployments in 2006, Cricket is now expanding with the deployment of Acme Packet’s Net-Net 9000 hardware platform, in multiple PoPs to meet the increasing traffic demands as Cricket’s subscriber base continues to grow. Acme Packet’s Net-SAFE security architecture features DoS attack prevention, access control lists and signaling rate limiting, providing security and assured network availability for Cricket's VoIP interconnects to various business partners. Acme Packet’s SIP call routing and load balancing features distribute voice traffic to peering partners, ensuring service availability, while its QoS marking and mapping of in-bound calls enable priority treatment for assured call quality. Cricket also uses the SBC accounting features for billing and network planning.