AudioCodes Gateways Enable Broadvox Expansion in IP Communication Market

Businesses With Legacy TDM PBX Systems Can Leverage SIP Trunking Utilizing Mediant 1000 Media Gateway Certification

• Press Release
• Source: AudioCodes Ltd.
• On 8:35 am EST, Monday January 12, 2009

LOD, Israel and DALLAS, Jan. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AudioCodes (NasdaqGS:AUDC - News), a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies and Voice Network products, and Broadvox, a worldwide leader in providing integrated managed VoIP services to SMB, Enterprise and Carrier customers, today announced that Broadvox will be offering SIP Trunking into the large installed base of businesses that operate TDM PBXs, leveraging the AudioCodes Mediant(tm) 1000 Media Gateway. As part of this effort, Broadvox has certified the Mediant 1000 Media Gateway as interoperable with Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking products which provide unlimited local and long distance calling with discounted toll-free and international calls.

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The AudioCodes Mediant 1000 is a highly scalable and modular media gateway that in this application, converts the Broadvox SIP Trunking services to a wide range of traditional TDM telephone line interfaces including T1/E1, CAS, PRI-ISDN, BRI-ISDN, analog FXS and FXO. Supporting up to 120 ports, the Mediant 1000 fits many SMB and enterprise communications needs. The Mediant 1000 also includes IP-to-IP mediation capabilities for multi-vendor SIP integrations.

``During this challenging economic period, businesses are looking for ways to save on communications costs with as little capital expenditure as possible,'' stated David Byrd, Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Broadvox. ``With Broadvox SIP Trunking and the AudioCodes Mediant 1000, businesses can start saving today without having to replace their PBX dramatically improving their ROI.''

``We see the combination of AudioCodes Mediant 1000 media gateway with Broadvox SIP Trunking solutions, as an excellent opportunity for businesses to quickly reduce their telecommunications costs and increase their profit margins,'' said Alan Percy, Director of Market Development at AudioCodes. ``The combination of Broadvox SIP Trunking and the Mediant 1000 postpones or avoids the time-consuming and complex process of replacing the TDM PBX.''

Broadvox GO! SIP Trunking delivers an uncompromising level of quality and service. The Broadvox Network Operations Center monitors IP communications traffic 24x7 over a network that exceeds customers' expectations for reliability, security and quality of service. Broadvox SIP Trunking features include, but are not limited to enhanced 911 services, local number portability, blocks of DIDs, disaster recovery and dynamic load balancing. Customers may use their own broadband vendor or purchase DSL and T1 connectivity through Broadvox.

VARs are invited to contact Broadvox for details regarding our award winning partner program.

An informative web-based seminar on the topic titled ``SIP Trunking as you are'' will be held on Wednesday, January 14th at 2PM ET. To register for the event, visit: http://www.audiocodes.com/webinars

About Broadvox

Founded in 2001, Broadvox is a worldwide leader in providing integrated managed VoIP services to SMB, Enterprise and Carrier customers. It has deployed one of the largest, full-featured global VoIP networks and is trusted by more than 160 telecommunications carriers, CLECs, ISPs and over a thousand enterprises to terminate and originate over six billion minutes annually. The Broadvox network operations center provides the reliability, security and quality of service required by the world's most discriminating customers. Broadvox offers SIP Trunking, SIP origination and termination services and hosted communications solutions. Broadvox is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Please visit http://www.Broadvox.com or call 800.273.4320 for additional information.

About AudioCodes

AudioCodes Ltd. (NasdaqGS:AUDC - News) provides innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over IP (VoIP) technology, Voice Network Products, and Value Added Applications to Service Providers, Enterprises, OEMs, Network Equipment Providers and System Integrators worldwide. AudioCodes provides a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway, and media processing enabling technologies based on VoIPerfect(tm) -- AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media architecture. The company is a market leader in VoIP equipment, focused on VoIP Media Gateway, Media Server, Session Border Controllers (SBC), Security Gateways and Value Added Application network products. AudioCodes has deployed tens of millions of media gateway and media server channels globally over the past ten years and is a key player in the emerging best-of-breed, IMS based, VoIP market. The Company is a VoIP technology leader focused on quality and interoperability, with a proven track record in product and network interoperability with industry leaders in the Service Provider and Enterprise space. AudioCodes Voice Network Products feature media gateway and media server platforms for packet-based applications in the converged, wireline, wireless, broadband access, cable, enhanced voice services, video, and Enterprise IP Telephony markets. AudioCodes' headquarters and R&D are located in Israel with an additional R&D facility in the U.S. Other AudioCodes' offices are located in Europe, India, the Far East, and Latin America. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com

Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are ``forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; possible disruptions from acquisitions; the integration of acquired companies' products and operations into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

AudioCodes Ltd. All rights reserved. AudioCodes, AC, AudioCoded, Ardito, CTI2, CTI2, CTI Squared, InTouch, IPmedia, Mediant, MediaPack, NetCoder, Netrake, Nuera, Open Solutions Network, OSN, Stretto, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer, VoIPerfect, VoIPerfectHD, What's Inside Matters, Your Gateway To VoIP and 3GX are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners.

          AudioCodes 
          Shirley Nakar
          +972-3-976-4000
          Shirley@audiocodes.com

          Broadvox
          David Byrd
          +1-214-646-8004
          www.broadvox.com