NetNumber, Sonus Join Acme Packet as Sponsors of Voice Interconnect and Peering Conference (VIPeering) this February in Miami

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AU24, Crossfire Media and TMC announce that industry-leading vendors NetNumber and Sonus have joined Acme Packet as sponsors for the Voice Interconnect and Peering Conference (VIPeering), Wednesday, February 2, 2011. The event will be collocated with ITEXPO, February 2-4, 2011 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. Acme Packet was previously announced as a Platinum Sponsor.

“Having leading companies in the IP communications space like Sonus, Acme Packet and NetNumber as part of TMC’s VIPeering Conference is gratifying as it shows great industry support for an area of the market that plays a crucial role in the evolution of voice and video communications”

VIPeering explores the interconnect, registry and numbering technologies, best practices and partnerships that carriers and service providers need to keep pace with consumer and business demands for end-to-end IP communication services.

NetNumber is the world’s leading provider of converged, next-generation, portability-corrected ENUM, SIP, SS7/C7 and SIGTRAN addressing and routing technology. The NetNumber TITAN routing-database platform is being used by many of the world’s largest communications service providers to simplify the transition from a TDM network to an all-IP world.

Sonus Networks, Inc. is a leader in IP networking with proven expertise in delivering secure, reliable and scalable next-generation infrastructure and subscriber solutions. With customers in over 50 countries across the globe and over a decade of experience in transforming networks to IP, Sonus has enabled service providers and enterprises to capture and retain users and generate significant ROI. Sonus products include media and signaling gateways, policy/routing servers, session border controllers and subscriber feature servers.

“I have long recognized the importance of peering in the world of voice transmission as not only a cost saver but also as a way to ensure calls of the highest quality can be transmitted without the need to have them compressed and delayed by the public telephone network or PSTN. In fact, I declared 2006 as the year of VoIP peering and since then, the market hasn’t looked back,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO and group editor-in-chief of TMC.

“Having leading companies in the IP communications space like Sonus, Acme Packet and NetNumber as part of TMC’s VIPeering Conference is gratifying as it shows great industry support for an area of the market that plays a crucial role in the evolution of voice and video communications,” he continued.

VIPeering also announced preliminary Conference Program content—focusing on new business models, solutions and requirements for VoIP. The Conference Keynote will be led by Acme Packet’s VP of Marketing, Steve Collins. Planned conference sessions include:

- Roundtable Discussion; Business Models of Interconnection & Peering

- ENUM in LNP and Interconnection and Policy Management

- Sip Peering Solutions Using Open Source Software

- Overcoming VoIP Peering Challenges: Focus on Latin America

- Corporate and Enterprise Peering and UC – voice, messaging and video (models and strategies)

- Requirements for Peering Success: Security, Quality and Reachability

- Video Telephony - Over the top, Mobile and Corporate Interoperability

- Numbering and Identifiers in Peering and Interconnection

- Endgames for IP Interconnection

A complete list of conference tracks and sessions will be released in the weeks ahead. *Note: Conference Sessions subject to change.

Registration for VIPeering and ITEXPO is now open. Media inquiries should be directed to Todd Keefe at For Immediate Release PR.

Those interested in exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities should contact TMC’s Joe Fabiano (203-852-6800 x132) or Maureen Gambino (203-852-6800 x109).

VIPeering is collocated with ITEXPO. Additional collocations include: 4GWE Conference; Smart Grid Summit; M2M Evolution Conference; Cloud Communications Summit; Social CRM Expo; SIP Tutorial; Business Video Expo; Digium|Asterisk World; ChannelVision Expo (CVx); and StartupCamp.

About AU24:

AU24 is a technology and business consultancy applying voice, video and IP communications insights to International marketing, sales and business development challenges. For more information please visit http://www.au24.net.

About Crossfire Media:

Crossfire Media is an integrated marketing company with a core focus on future trends in technology. We service communities of interest with conferences, tradeshows, webinars, newsletters and provide community web sites with the latest information in our industries.

About TMC:

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, NGN and InfoTECH Spotlight magazines. TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the world’s leading B2B communications event. TMCnet.com, which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events: 4GWE; Smart Grid Summit; M2M Evolution; Cloud Communications Summit; Social CRM Expo; SIP Tutorial; VIPeering; Business Video Expo; ChannelVision Expo (CVx); Digium|Asterisk World; StartupCamp; MSPAlliance MSPWorld and more! Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information.