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Audiocodes Ltd. Capital/Financing Update 2009

Jan 13, 2009

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Company Contacts IR Agency Contact Nachum Falek, Shirley Nakar, Erik Knettel, VP Finance & CFO Director, Investor Relations Grayling Global AudioCodes AudioCodes Tel: +1-646-284-9415 Tel: +972-3-976-4000 Tel: +972-3-976-4000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

AudioCodes Announces Cost Reduction Steps

Lod, Israel – January 13, 2009 – AudioCodes (NasdaqGS: AUDC) , a leading provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced that, effective January 15 2009, AudioCodes will implement a global wage reduction of 6% for all employees and 10% for management employees. This reduction in costs is in addition to the ongoing cost reduction programs adopted by AudioCodes' management.

“The implementation of cost reduction steps and a wage cut by the Company is designed to allow us to strengthen our operational efficiency and to retain our competitiveness in the face of the current global economic crisis,” said Shabtai Adlersberg, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at AudioCodes. “We gratefully acknowledge the sincere and significant contribution of our employees towards achieving our goals,” he added.

About AudioCodes

AudioCodes Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AUDC) 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™ -- 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

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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

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, AC, AudioCoded, Ardito, CTI2, CTI(2), 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.

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