December 2007

Dec Issue 2007 IEC Newsletter

Long-Term Network Transformation Strategies, Near-Term Results

Multimedia telephony (MMTel) could be the biggest thing to happen to voice communications in recent history. It establishes a set of global standards for fixed, mobile, and cable operators.

December 2007

Global Telecoms Business

BroadSoft Profile: Services in the Network

BroadSoft's "network PBX" could be used to link mobile phones in an office environment, replacing the normal internal wired phone network. Vodafone Netherlands is working with BroadSoft to explore offering enterprise office services.

December 28

VON Magazine

Transbeam Deal with Taqua and BroadSoft Foreshadows Network Transformation

Transbeam's migration to an IP-based solution has been cited by BroadSoft as an example of the forthcoming "network transformation" the company expects to take place in 2008 , as carriers migrate from legacy platforms onto IP-based solutions.

December 19

BIOS Magazine

Giving Small Businesses a Voice

Small businesses are making voice a primary communication tool - not just for the benefits of human interaction, but for the practical features and business benefits that voice offers. Organisations can incorporate voice features into their IT infrastructures via a VoIP-based communications platform.

December 18

Forbes.com

Transbeam Selects the Integrated Taqua-BroadSoft Solution for Its Next Generation Switching Application

"Ultimately, we choose the TaquaWorks offering because it provided us the best combination of reliability, flexibility and incredibly advanced feature set," said Marc Sellouk, founder of New York City-based Transbeam.

November 30

TMCnet

On Message Ventures Secures Membership in BroadSoft QuickStart Affiliates

Telecom service providers that use the BroadWorks platform and are looking to accelerate the adoption of next-generation VoIP services can now use On Message Ventures for assistance with value proposition development and go-to-market strategies.

November 27

The Australian

Skills Developer Chose BroadWorks to Meet Its Needs

SAI Global chose Verizon Business' BroadWorks-based HIPC for voice services, rather than going with a premises-based solution, allowing the company to deploy VoIP immediately in its new office.

November 12

Comms Business

Skills Developer Chose BroadWorks to Meet Its Needs

Lee Cassidy, managing director of Skills Developer, an IT organisation specializing in data and voice communications, says his company chose a provider offering BroadWorks for his company: "Their BroadSoft platform was mature, proven and stable and the support they could provide us sounded like just what we needed."

November

VON Magazine

IMS Application Development

IMS applications come from third-party software developers such as BroadSoft, and are designed to run in architectures other than IMS; e.g., all-IP networks that use softswitches. They are already working well in next-generation networks and providing a wide range of applications that include hosted PBX, IP Centrex, business trunking, mobile PBX, and residential broadband.

November 7

Internet Telephony Magazine

OrecX VoIP Call Recording Supports BroadSoft

"Indeed, BroadSoft's customer base reads like a telecom industry directory, with names like Sprint, Verizon, Telefonica, T-Systems, Telstra, Cbeyond, XO Communications, Cox Communications, and many more. These customers now have access to a call recording platform that offers flexible interfaces, which can be used to create a variety of recording scenarios."

November 7

Telecosm Blog

Cool VoIP Apps

"BroadSoft keeps adding more features to their BroadWorks hosted PBX, and customers keep getting the benefits, without having to upgrade (or babysit) a customer-premise PBX. These kinds of services aren't new, but like the CRM applications discussed in this post, there is an established market for these services and they are seeing considerable traction in the market."

November 1

TMCnet

BroadSoft and GlobalLogic Expand Development Partnership for Mobile VoIP Solutions

Peter Harrison, CEO of GlobalLogic, also commented, "BroadSoft has seen the results we can deliver, and we welcome the opportunity to expand our R&D partnership into software development for BroadSoft's mobile VoIP solutions."

October 30

Calibre Macro World

McLeodUSA Chooses Covergence to Secure and Control Access Edge

By deploying the CSM along with the BroadSoft BroadWorks feature server, McLeodUSA can expand its portfolio of reliable, "business-grade" real-time services that customers demand.

October 30

Hiploid

Telcordia Welcomes BroadSoft to Service Interconnection Community

"We view this as an opportunity for BroadSoft customers to leverage the Telcordia solution as a cost-effective means for interconnection and service interoperability."

October 23

First Coffee blog

BroadSoft, Salesforce.com Mash Up VoIP, CRM Apps

CRM blogger Chris Smith notes that telecom service providers can now offer the BroadSoft-salesforce.com integration as a value-added service.

October 23

COMNEWS

The time of the integration comes

Russian system integrator CTI looks to integrate its BroadSoft-based VoIP offering with IP TV and IP contact center services.

October 20

UG Pulse

Warid Telecom strengthen its network ahead of launch

Warid Group, which recently got a license to offer telecommunication services in Uganda, has selected BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP application software as a key part of its new VoIP and IP-based multimedia services.

October 19

VON Magazine

Advanced TCA, BroadSoft and UC Fill the Wires

BroadWorks has been integrated into the Jamcracker Service Delivery Network, which lets service providers deliver unified communications services to their customers as an on-demand service offering.

October 19

iLocus Blog

BroadSoft concludes customer summit

Topics addressed during BroadSoft Connections were centered around the theme "Scaling to New Heights," which focused on preparing service providers for mainstream adoption of VoIP services by scaling operations, sales and marketing, and infrastructure.

October 19

Comms Business

Hipcom Delivers Wholesale White Label VoIP Connectivity Solutions

VoIP provider Hipcom has selected BroadWorks Business Trunking to complement its hosted telephony offerings for small and medium enterprises through its distributor, ISP and reseller channels.

October 19

Gazette Newspapers

UAE-based Telecom Chooses BroadSoft's VoIP Platform

BroadSoft was selected by Etisalat of United Arab Emirates to provide its Internet telephone software.

October 18

Business News Americas

Iplan selects BroadSoft for VoIP platform deployment

Argentine telecommunications operator Iplan will use BroadSoft to deploy a VoIP platform for small and medium business services in the cities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario.

October 17

TMCnet

Absolut Vodka to Use BroadWorks through Verizon Business

The service will help Maxxium, a global premium spirits and wine distribution company, take advantage of the functionality, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of outsourced VoIP communications to meet its business goals in the highly competitive and rapidly changing global beverages marketplace.

October 17

Total Telecom

IPLAN to Deliver Hosted VoIP in Argentina

IPLAN will offer BroadSoft-based VoIP services for corporate and residential customers in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Rosario, which have a combined population of over 15 million people.

October 16

Jon Arnold's Blog

Highlights from BroadSoft Connections 2007

"I'd put BroadSoft at the top of my list for IPOs in waiting, and if you were looking for signs that they're ready, this is the place to be."

October 16

Unified Communications Magazine

BroadSoft Announces Efforts to Promote Unified Communications

"BroadSoft has not only a keen sense of the demand in the market, but also a strong strategy focused on where the industry is going and how it can partner with value-added companies to deliver services that better position service providers to compete in and even dominate their markets." -- Unified Communications Magazine

October 16

Red Herring

Jamcracker, BroadSoft Forge Alliance

The two companies will provide service providers a blend of voice and data services for smaller businesses.

October 16

Telecommunications Magazine

Jamcracker, BroadSoft buddy up

"The carriers all want to sell more apps but they're all constrained by their ability to integrate things with IP," says BroadSoft's Scott Wharton in explaining why BroadSoft has teamed with Jamcracker to bundle VoIP with WebEx and other unified communications solutions.

October 16

Cable Digital News

SK Telink teams with BroadSoft for Cable Set-top Box Integration

Through integration of BroadSoft's VoIP applications with cable boxes, Korean residential users can manage calls while watching cable TV. SK Telink is distributing the service through five cable providers in Korea.

October 15

Greg Galitzine's VoIP Authority Blog

Broadsoft Connections: Guy Kawasaki and Microsoft’s OCS?

"Kawasaki is an excellent speaker and he held the audience’s attention as he addressed his top 10 list of how to evangelize a product or idea. I won’t go into it, but suffice it to say it was entertaining, thought provoking, and frankly a really interesting presentation, and I'm glad to have been in the audience."

October 15

Finanznachrichten

Ropodi OSS Supports Latest Version of BroadWorks

Rodopi OSS V5.5 seamlessly provisions and bills business and residential end-users, whose VoIP services are delivered over BroadWorks.

October 15

Total Telecom

Etisalat launches 'eCentrex' for UAE Businesses

United Arab Emirates-based telecom service provider Etisalat is now delivering BroadSoft-based VoIP services to its enterprise customers.

October 15

eBiz

Jamcracker and Broadsoft Team on SaaS Communications Services

BroadSoft and Jamcracker will provide service providers with unified communications solutions such as Microsoft Exchange and WebEx with VoIP functionality.

October 12

Converge!

IBM and BroadSoft Exceed 100 Clients

October 12

TMCnet

IBM and BroadSoft reach more than 100 customers for BladeCenter with BroadWorks

The companies began offering the solution a year and a half ago. Both large and small telecommunication service providers have rapidly adopted it, driven by the need to quickly deploy and scale new IP-based, converged voice services.

October 12

Channel News

Carrier VoIP equipment revenue: 2007

"The combined voice application server market, which jumped 32% in 2Q07, is led by BroadSoft, followed by IP Unity Glenayre and Avaya."

October 10

CRM Today

BroadSoft and Taqua join forces to deliver advanced IP services and and Class 5 switch replacement solutions

Taqua will also bundle and resell BroadSoft’s BroadWorks platform to incumbent local exchange carriers, cable multiple system operators and other competitive local exchange carriers in North America.

October 9

Comms Business

Floureshing Partners Deliver VoIP Services to the UK

Wholesaler Vanilla IP sees the strong BroadSoft platform feature set as being one of the keys to driving the Hosted PBX market with resellers and, in turn, small and medium enterprises.

October 9

TMCnet

OneAccess and BroadSoft announce interoperability to offer VoIP solutions

Bertrand Meis, CEO of OneAccess Networks, says: "In partnership with BroadSoft, we have a compelling proposition, and a proven track record of successful deployment of VoIP services through integrated access in Europe, particularly in the highly competitive German market."

October 5

Solomon's VoIP World Blog

Tortel Offers New SIP Trunking on BroadSoft Platform

"Due to its reliability, reputation and interoperability with other VoIP products and services, BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP platform has been chosen by Tortel communications Inc. to deliver its new Board-Connect SIP trunking as well as hosted PBX services to include the small, medium and large businesses."

October 3

Jon Arnold's Blog

Next Stop: BroadSoft Connections

"I'll be attending the BroadSoft Connections 2007 event in Phoenix. I've been once before, and they really do a great job," said Jon Arnold.

October 3

Light Reading

BroadSoft named a Leading Light Finalist

BroadSoft was named a finalist for the Leading Light Award for a private company that most clearly has the management, products, and financial stability to be acquired on its own terms within the next 12 months.

October 2

Telecommunications Online

Hipcom VoIP Enables SMEs

The UK-based IP telephony wholesaler, which sells IP telephony solutions for the UK reseller channel and the UK SME market, will use Broadsoft's BroadWorks Business Trunking to complement its hosted telephony offerings.

October 1

Calibre Marco*World

BroadSoft's Business Trunking Application Selected by Hipcom

The solution was selected by Hipcom to complement its hosted telephony offerings for small and medium enterprises through its distributor, ISP and reseller channels.

October 1

IP Communications

BroadSoft's Business Trunking Application Selected by Hipcom

Hipcom said that the BroadWorks Business Trunking application allows service providers to deliver low-cost trunks to an enterprise's premises-based phone systems, including key telephone systems and PBXs.

September 26

xchange Magazine

XO Adds to IP Portfolio

XO Communications announces new solutions, including its SIP Trunking, for which XO utilizes the BroadSoft BroadWorks VoIP platform.

September 26

Irwin Lazar Blog

SIP Trunking Gets a Boost

BroadSoft joins leading VoIP vendors in launch of new SIP Forum standardization program, called SIPConnect.

September 20

IPCommunications

TeleSphere to Deploy New IP Voice Network Platform

In addition to announcing Clark Paterson as its new CEO, TeleSphere has also recently launched BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform.

September 13

Business News Americas

C&WJ to launch VoIP services targeting businesses

Using BroadSoft's VoIP solutions, Cable & Wireless is offering a new service that includes a disaster recovery solution that enables government agencies and enterprises to reroute calls and maintain telephone services to any location and any device, including landline phones, mobile devices and computer-based softphones.

September 13

TeleGeography

C&W Jamaica to launch VoIP business services

"As the first provider on the island to offer hosted PBX and integrated access services, the telco will enable businesses, including customers in the hospitality industry, to migrate to the benefits of VoIP."

September 12

TMCnet

BroadSoft Helps Cable & Wireless Jamaica Deliver VoIP Services

Telcos need to add VoIP in order to remain relevant in the fast-changing telecom industry, says Rodney Davis, CEO of Cable & Wireless Jamaica. &quo;To be competitive, it's essential for today's operators to include VoIP in their suite of services," says Davis. The island's incumbent telco is offering Hosted PBX and SIP trunking with the BroadWorks platform.

September

ComputerWorld Singapore

Verizon Business launches unified communications package

Verizon Business, which uses BroadSoft's hosted VoIP platform, has added unified communications to its HIPC offering.

August 31

TMCnet

Speaking with Cincinnati Bell's Michael Hermann

Leading U.S. telecom provider and BroadSoft customer Cincinnati Bell discusses its IP telephony strategy with Rich Tehrani of TMC.

August 30

Conde Nast Portfolio.com

Primus Telecommunications expands operations

Primus' new sales staff will augment the company's Tampa sales office in focusing on hosted and trunking Internet phone services to small and medium-size businesses.

August 27

Washington Business Journal

Primus Telecommunications expands operations

Primus Telecommunications, whose IP communications services are based on BroadSoft's BroadWorks, is opening two new offices to meet demand for VoIP services.

August 21

atlarge.com

Upgrade column: Enjoy VoIP while you travel

For business travelers, it can be difficult to stay in touch with colleagues back home while crossing time zones and continents. VoIP can keep work-related headaches to a minimum.

August 21

Comms Business

Flourishing Partners

US-based BroadSoft has established a footprint in the UK with a number of their IP telephony platforms being adopted by local suppliers seeking to gain momentum in the hosted telephony market with resellers.

August 21

Computer Weekly

Hosted VoIP eliminates cost, complexity

Verizon's Hosted IP Centrex service is actually a network-based service built on BroadSoft infrastructure and is much more than just a basic Centrex service, reported Computer Weekly.

August 16

Light Reading

BroadSoft Tops Light Reading's Private Companies List

Light Reading announced its new list of the Top Ten Private Companies; the previous list was compiled in March 2006. BroadSoft is ranked No. 1.

August 15

Light Reading

Mobile Carrier XL Picks BroadSoft & Cantata

PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk (XL), a leading mobile operator in Indonesia, to deploy BroadSoft's BroadWorks Hosted PBX solution for enterprise customers using Cantana's IMG 1010^TM integrated media and signaling VoIP Gateway.

August 14

VON Magazine

BroadSoft Has an Eye on Network Transformation Trend

"2008 will likely be a year of network transformation, as carriers around the globe move away from their legacy networks and into an all-IP world." Michael Tessler, president and CEO of BroadSoft, says, "The network [transformation] will push IT transformation. Big carriers want to get their networks ready to be fast followers."

August 13

Light Reading

BroadSoft Inc. Named Top Private Company

"BroadSoft makes VOIP application software that allows carriers to offer services like IP Centrex for business customers and hosted residential VOIP for consumers, and it's one of the indisputable leaders in a field that has reached a certain maturity."

August 8

ISP Planet

Wholesale Dialup Provider WISPNET Is Now A Wholesale BroadSoft-based VoIP Provider

"We took our base of managed modem data customers, overlaid a BroadSoft feature platform, and began selling VoIP," recalls company chief operating officer Matt Phillips.

August 7

Light Reading

Telekom Slovenije taking fiber to 50,000 homes in Slovenia's main cities

The European incumbent operator and BroadSoft customer plans to spend up to US$620 million between now and 2015 on a fiber-to-the-home rollout to deliver high-speed access capabilities to 70 percent of households.

August 2

Taipei Times

Far EasTone Hopes Offers Dual-Mode Residential Service

Far EasTone, Taiwan's third-largest mobile operator, has rolled out a BroadSoft-based dual-mode residential service. Called FET Big Broadband, the service moves users' calls between the FET cellular network and its new broadband network.

August 1

ScreenPlays

Some Cable Ops Buy, Rather than Build, Hosted VoIP Application Infrastructure

Atlantic Broadband chose to work with cable operator New Global Telecom (NGT) for its "field-proven BroadSoft-based solution as well as the operational elements and expertise that will enable us to reliably deliver best-in-class SIP telephony services," says David Isenberg, vice president of products for the operator.

August 1

TMCnet

NGT to Provide Managed Services for Atlantic Broadband's SIP-based Telephony Solutions

David Isenberg, vice president of product for Atlantic Broadband, says New Global Telecom (NGT) has "a field-proven BroadSoft-based solution as well as the operational elements and expertise that will enable us to reliably deliver best-in-class SIP telephony services."

August 1

Denver Business Journal

Atlantic Broadband Selects New Global Telecom for SIP-based VoIP Solutions

New Global Telecom (NGT), the leading provider of wholesale hosted and trunk-based VoIP solutions in the U.S., announced the signing of Atlantic Broadband, a Top 15 cable operator. Atlantic Broadband selected NGT because of its BroadSoft-based solution.

August 1

Comms Business

Voice Resellers Struggle with Price, Say Titan Technology

"Titan Technology is set to complete a successful summer season of hosted VoIP solutions with their channel partner, Wireless Events, at a series of music festivals including Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, Leeds and V." The services that Titan provides, using the Broadsoft platform, have been such a success that the contracts have been renewed for 2008.

July 30

UC Strategies

Aastra - BroadSoft Partnership Delivers UC Possibilities

"Of course, the value of all these (BroadSoft-based) functionalities is now to be assessed and proven in the market, but Aastra appears to be starting from a good foundation."

July 30

Light Reading

Aastra Unveils New IP PBX

Expanding on its new alliance with BroadSoft, Clearspan will give enterprises access to familiar PBX calling features as well as advanced Unified Communications features, such as Microsoft Outlook and Office Communicator integration, click-to-call dialing, simultaneous ring, and extension of VoIP services to mobile devices.

July 30

TMCnet

Aastra Intecom/BroadSoft partnership

Aastra and BroadSoft "have just come together to provide large enterprises with an IP communications phone system with the power of BroadSoft and Aastra Intecom in a single solution."

July 26

ScreenPlays Magazine

Turnkey Hosted VoIP Solution Could Accelerate Cable Business Market Entry

BroadWorks support of mobile PBX capabilities may represent a key element of that know-how for operators like Cox who, along with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Advance/Newhouse, is gradually rolling out the Pivot converged fixed/mobile service across the U.S.

July 25

IP Business Blog

BroadSoft Aastra: Man Bites Dog

Gary Kim writes: “To my knowledge, this is the first time a major PBX supplier has turned to a carrier platform to enrich its enterprise offering.”

July 25

Light Reading

BroadSoft, Aastra Team Up

"By using BroadSoft's platform as the foundation for deploying new Aastra enterprise solutions, our customers can take advantage of the latest VoIP features to simplify their communications and increase productivity,” says Aastra Intecom.

July 25

TMCnet

Aastra Intecom, BroadSoft Team on IP-PBX

The alliance will combine VoIP applications available on the BroadWorks platform with Aastra’s know-how in implementing complex solutions for large organizations.

July 18

Comms Business

BroadSoft Accepts $10 Million in Equity Financing

"BroadSoft fits our investment style, and is strong across the board-from leadership to execution and product development," said Mike Gordon, managing director, Meritech Capital Partners, the sole investor.

July 17

Light Reading

BroadSoft Gets $10M

BroadSoft will use the funding for corporate purposes, including financing the continued growth of its operations and its expansion of market share in fast-growing regions, including Latin America, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.

July 17

Converge Digest

BroadSoft Secures $10M for VoIP Application Software

This funding round brings BroadSoft’s total venture capital investments to date to approximately $72.5 million.

July 17

New Telephony

BroadSoft Gets $10 Million in Financing

Meritech Capital Partners, a late-stage venture capital firm and a new BroadSoft investor, was the sole investor in the $10 million Series D round.

July 17

TMCnet

Aspen Networks and BroadSoft Sucessfully Complete Interoperability Testing for Aspen’s 365-VoIP SIP Application Layer Gateway

“With the completion of interoperability testing with BroadSofts BroadWorks VoIP application platform, we’ve teamed with the market leader to ensure that their partners can deliver the highest reliability WAN performance for their customers,” said Dan Berger, CEO and president of Aspen.

July 17

Yahoo Finance

BroadSoft Accepts $10 Million in Mezzanine Equity Financing

The leading provider of VoIP application software accepted $10 million in mezzanine equity financing from Meritech Capital Partners.

July 16

Communications Technology

BroadSoft to Team with Others on VoIP and SIP Trunking Solutions

Camiant, Acme Packet, Arris, BroadSoft, pureIntegration and Sigma Systems have announced a joint solution for the delivery of commercial SIP-based VoIP services.

July 16

CED Magazine

Vendors Offer Integrated VoIP SIP Solution

The newly formed group provides an integrated solution that enables cable operators to quickly deploy VoIP services targeting the business market.

July 16

TechJournal South

Maryland’s BroadSoft Dials Up $10M Round

Founded in 1998, BroadSoft has raised more than $70 million in backing.

July 16

Cable Digital News

Vendors Offer Super SIP Bundle for SMBs

BroadSoft, which counts Cox among its recently announced cable customers, is adding a hosted PBX and IP Centrix feature to the plumbing of its integrated cable solution.

July 15

iTWire

AAPT, Australia’s Second-Largest Telco, Offers BroadWorks to Customers

iProvide, AAPT's channel to the small-business market, develops services tailored for small business, including hosted IP telephony from AAPT's BroadSoft BroadWorks platform.

July 11

BroadSoft IMS-IP Centrex

Ericsson Press Release

Ericsson has announced an agreement with Telenor in Sweden to build an IMS -based network in Sweden, including IMS-based IP Centrex.

July 10

Telappliant

BroadSoft Named Top VoIP Service Provider

The IDC found that BroadSoft raked in a quarter of total revenues in the worldwide VoIP server market in 2006, making BroadSoft the market leader.

July 10

Citel Blog

BroadSoft Named VoIP Market Leader by IDC

The market leader declaration follows Deloitte's ranking of BroadSoft in the top 100 of its "2006 Technology Fast 500" in North America.

July 09

IP Communications.com

IDC Report Names BroadSoft Market Leader in Voice Applications Servers

The report shows that BroadSoft holds a 25 percent share of the worldwide voice application server market, based on estimated 2006 revenues.

July 09

VoIP Monitor

BroadSoft Named VoIP Market Leader by Analyst Firm

"BroadSoft was the leading supplier and in general has enjoyed the best success in terms of geographic reach, penetration of Tier 1 service providers, and strategic partnerships with Tier 1 NEPs (network equipment providers)," stated Thomas Valovic, program director of VoIP Infrastructure for IDC and author of the report.

June 28

Washington Technology

Council salutes Washington tech stars

The Northern Virginia Technology Council held its sixth annual Hot Ticket Awards Wednesday evening. The Hottest Management Team award was presented to BroadSoft !

June 28

Washington Business Journal

Northern Virginia tech council picks 'hot' firms

BroadSoft Inc., a Gaithersburg-based company that sells voice-over-Internet-protocol (VOIP) software to land-line and wireless service providers, won the Hottest Management Team award. It is led by co-founder and CEO Michael Tessler and co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Scott Hoffpauir.

June 21

VoIP Watch blog

Packet Cable Multimedia Spec Makes Cable VoIP For Business

Using the Packet Cable Multimedia specification from Cable Labs, Broadsoft is hoping to boost their hosted PBX technology sales in the business market by striking a deal with Cox Business Services.

June 20

Multichannel News

Cox Picks BroadSoft for Business Voice Services

Cox Business Services selected BroadSoft’s BroadWorks voice-over-Internet-protocol platform to provide services for small and midsized businesses.

June 20

Light Reading

Cox Chooses BroadSoft

"As a communications leader, Cox has a deep understanding of the voice and broadband needs of its customers and we are pleased to work together," said Michael Tessler, CEO and president of BroadSoft.

June 20

Tehrani.com blog

Cox Selects BroadWorks VoIP

This a huge win for BroadSoft and should also be of great concern to the incumbent phone companies.

June 20

New Telephony Magazine

Cablecos Voice their Business Strategies

In one of the latest advances on this front, Cox Business Services this week announced it will use BroadSoft’s VoIP application software to deliver advanced hosted PBX services, which provide enhanced PBX functionality over any IP connection and eliminate premise-based solutions that require highly trained technicians.

June 19

New Telephony Magazine

BroadSoft Strengthens Board with Two New Additions

BroadSoft, rumored to be among the next VoIP vendors in line to do an IPO, today announced two new board members.

June 19

Washington Business Journal

Former Sprint Nextel, IBM execs join BroadSoft board

BroadSoft Inc. said Tuesday that Thomas Kelly, former chief strategy officer for Sprint Nextel Corp., and Douglas Maine, a former CFO of both IBM Corp. and MCI, have joined its board of directors.

June 12

TelegeoGraphy

Telekom Slovenije migrates business users to new IP voice platform

BroadSoft, a US-based provider of VoIP application software, has announced that Slovenia’s national PTO Telekom Slovenije has deployed a next-generation voice service for its enterprise customers, named Centreks, based on BroadSoft’s BroadWorks VoIP platform.

June 12

Light Reading

Mainstream Digital Offers BroadSoft

UK-based service provider Mainstream Digital is expanding its service offerings to include BroadSoft’s BroadWorks Call Center and Business Trunking solutions. "The market need for the BroadWorks Call Centre and Business Trunking solutions is booming right in the UK,” said Ian Medlock, MainStream Digital's managing director.

June 12

VoIP Monitor

BroadSoft VoIP Coming to Iceland

BroadSoft announced that Siminn (formerly Iceland Telecom) has selected BroadSoft's BroadWorks application platform to deliver residential and business VoIP services across Iceland.

June 11

New Telephony Magazine

MegaPath To Take Duet Nationwide

MegaPath Inc. this year plans to take its BroadSoft-powered Duet integrated access service nationwide. the national rollout will happen during the third and fourth quarters of 2007.

June 8

BusinessWeek

The high end of the PBX market

The high end of the PBX market has five years of declining revenues before ultimate capitulation. The capitulation will primarily come at the hands of a hosted service provided by traditional service providers (e.g., Verizon).

June 7

Interactive Investor

Centennial delivers hosted voice using Citel and BroadSoft solutions

Centennial de Puerto Rico said its enterprise service built on BroadSoft’s BroadWorks platform and delivered with Citel’s Portico VoIP adapter is expected to accelerate migration to hosted IP in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

June 7

MoneyControl.com

KPN selects Alcatel-Lucent for VoIP services for business markets

The IP Centrex solution Alcatel-Lucent will deploy is a multi vendor application and includes products from BroadSoft. Alcatel-Lucent will integrate BroadSoft’s BroadWorks platform on the IMS Core it is currently deploying at KPN.

June 6

VoIP Monitor

Portico Telephone VoIP Adapter Supplied to Centennial

Centennial Business Solutions customer, Berrios, a major retailer with 34 locations throughout Puerto Rico, will deploy Citel’s Portico TVA with BroadSoft’s BroadWorks enterprise telephony platform to support its growing operations.

June 1

Light Reading

KPN selects Alcatel-Lucent for VoIP services for business markets

The hosted solution Alcatel-Lucent will deploy at KPN is a multi vendor application and includes the BroadSoft platform.

June 1

Internet Telephony Magazine

IRISTEL Adds IP PBX Service to its Enterprise VoIP Solutions

Canadian provider Iristel says upgrading BroadSoft has allowed its to offer a high-end IP PBX with a wide array of features that allows customers to replace their legacy PBX andCentrex systems.

May 25

Digital Media Asia

BroadSoft to launch operations in China

BroadSoft is launching its BroadWorks VoIP and IMS platform in China and is opening an office in China to market its applications.

May 21

Telecommunications Magazine

NTELOS’ Common Service Platform

NTELOS is using the Broadsoft feature server and its Mobility Manger, which will allow a user to route a call to either a soft client or an IP phone. “Why would someone use a Skype or Vonage service if they are a NTELOS wireless customer?” asked NTELOS’ Glenn Butler.

May 9

VoIP News

AAPT Division Reaches VoIP Milestone

AAPT announces its 2000th SME VoIP customer on its BroadSoft-based "IProvide Office" service in Australia.

May 3

Unified Communications DownUnder (blog)

BroadSoft opens operations centre in Sydney Sits alongside R&D unit

BroadSoft opened a new operations centre in Australia to provide technical support and training to Asia Pacific customers.

May 3

ZDNet Australia

BroadSoft picks Sydney for new operations centre

VoIP application developer BroadSoft is planning a new Asia Pacific operations centre in Sydney as it seeks to attract more telco customers.

May 3

ComputerWorld Magazine

BroadSoft opens operations centre in Sydney

BroadSoft opened a new operations centre in Australia to provide technical support and training to Asia Pacific customers.

April 30

Phone+ Magazine

Speakeasy’s Partners a ‘Best Buy’ for Electronics Retailer

BroadSoft’s Scott Wharton says as a service provider Best Buy will shun the usual price competition for value and service. “This is a huge leap forward for the VoIP space and small business,” he says.

Apr 25

The Guernsey Press & Star

TELECOMS firms see the internet as the next means of spoken communication

“VoIP is entering the mainstream,” said BroadSoft senior systems engineer Ben Bunn. Bunn emphasized the importance of enterprises using carrier-grade VoIP services versus free, public access services.

Apr 25

IP Hosted PBX blog

Internode offers NodePhone2, BroadSoft based VoIP service in Australia

An Australian based trailblazer, Internode, and a leading provider of VOIP application software, BroadSoft, Inc. has launched NodePhone2, Internode’s second generation VOIP service based on BroadSoft’s BroadWork VOIP application platform.

Apr 24

Computer World Magazine

Internode expands VoIP offerings

Built on the BroadWorks application platform by VoIP software provider BroadSoft, Internode's new NodePhone2 will include features such as voicemail, speed dial, called ID, online billing and account management.

Apr 24

SDA Asia Magazine

Internode Launches BroadSoft-Based Two-Way VoIP Service

NodePhone2 enables customers to receive high-quality calls from the traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), in addition to making outbound VoIP calls to the PSTN and other NodePhone customers.

Apr 24

ITWire

Internode launches BroadSoft-based VoIP service

Internode has launched a new VoIP service, dubbed NodePhone2, based on the BroadSoft VoIP application platform, claiming it offers low-cost calls with the quality of a traditional telephone service.

Apr 20

Wireless Development & Design – Asia

BroadSoft to Host "Korea VoIP Industry Forum 2007"

"This year's forum will promote sharing of information among service providers that are increasingly turning to VoIP platforms to roll out add-on services," said Hak-Song Park, a noted telecom veteran and senior counselor of BroadSoft's Korea division, who is honorary chairman of the Korea VoIP Industry Forum.

Apr 20

Wireless IQ

2^nd Annual Korea VoIP Industry Forum follows S. Korean government’s endorsement of VoIP

"Adoption of VoIP is now picking up steam after the government announced a plan to promote VoIP service in March this year," said Hak-Song Park, a noted telecom veteran and senior counselor of BroadSoft's Korea division, who is honorary chairman of the Korea VoIP Industry Forum..

Apr 10

SYS-CON

Datatrend Technologies Wins IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Award for Best IBM System x™ Solution

Datatrend Technologies teamed with BroadSoft to develop a turnkey infrastructure appliance using Linux on IBM BladeCenter. IBM named Datatrends winner of the "Best IBM System x Solution" award in the annual IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards competition.

Mar 29

Internet Telephony Magazine

Reignmaker Increases Hosted VoIP Presence

Reignmaker Communications, which offers VoIP services built on the BroadWorks platform, boosts its customer base by acquiring another BroadSoft customer, Swifttel Corp. of Georgia.

Mar 28

Ericcson Press Release

Ericsson VoIP deal with TPSA

Polish operator Telekomunikacja Polska announced that Ericcson will provide it with IMS services, which are based on BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform.

Mar 28

Seattle Times

Speakeasy speaks to Best Buy's business strategy

The Speakeasy acquisition fills out Best Buy's offerings of hosted services and VoIP, which are attractive to the small and home-based businesses Best Buy is targeting, an analyst said. Speakeasy’s VoIP service is based on BroadSoft’s BroadWorks platform.

Mar 28

Minneapolis Star Tribune