BroadWorks Service Delivery System Integrates NetNumber ENUM Service; Offers Competitive Advantage for Introducing Next Gen Services

PHOENIX, AZ, March 20, 2001 — NetNumber, a pioneer in the development of carrier-grade commercial ENUM services, and BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of service delivery systems for next-generation telephony services, today announced a partnership to facilitate market expansion for competitive local service providers. BroadSoft will integrate NetNumber ENUM Services for IP communications in its flagship product, BroadWorks, enabling service providers to rapidly and cost effectively offer new and enhanced Web-enabled telephony services to customers.

TalkingNets, a telephony ASP, will be among the first to implement the ENUM-enhanced BroadSoft services platform. TalkingNets provides a wholesale telephony service that enables broadband service providers to offer advanced voice services to their small and medium-sized business customers without having to invest in deploying their own voice networks.

"The integration of the BroadSoft services platform with NetNumber ENUM services promises to facilitate the provisioning of our next generation telephony services," said Mark Cortner, vice president of marketing at TalkingNets. "With the integration of the ENUM service we can further extend the reach of communications applications across multiple domains while dramatically reducing the complexity of the system administration tasks associated with the delivery of packet-based voice services."

The NetNumber ENUM Service provides cross-domain discovery of unknown IP application endpoints through use of a standard phone number. This capability enables practical, global deployment of IP-based services by simplifying the provisioning process and eliminating complex cross-domain end point configuration management. A single phone number registered with the NetNumber ENUM Service can reach multiple IP-enabled devices such as IP-PBXs, IP phones, VoIP gateways and SIP proxy servers, as well as fax machines, printers, PDAs, etc.

BroadSoft was first to announce and deliver a comprehensive enhanced delivery system of packet-based business services. Its flagship product, BroadWorks, enables service providers to rapidly enter new markets and immediately generate new revenues with easy-to-use, differentiated local exchange services over packet-based networks as well as the traditional public switched telephone network. BroadWorks includes a rich set of business options such as call waiting, voice mail, conferencing, auto-attendant and follow-me-anywhere services, and can interoperate with other network elements and business applications for a comprehensive set of integrated services without lengthy and expensive proprietary development.

"NetNumber's ENUM Service overcomes many of the complex provisioning and configuring issues associated with the delivery of IP-based services," said Scott Wharton, vice president of marketing at BroadSoft. "By partnering with NetNumber, we're offering our service provider customers a real competitive advantage by enabling them to immediately begin generating revenues with the rapid deployment of enhanced telephony services."

Glenn Marschel, chief executive officer of NetNumber said, "BroadSoft makes it as easy as possible for their service providers to succeed. They continually set a standard in service delivery systems, and by integrating technology such as ENUM, clearly show they understand the great importance of acting quickly to deliver cost effective solutions."

As part of the partnership, BroadSoft will join the NetNumber ENUM Partner Program, a forum for carriers, service providers, manufactures and enterprises to promote ENUM technology. The program allows partners to test call flow completion and enhanced service delivery to published, registered application endpoints of other participants utilizing the NetNumber ENUM Service. Additional benefits include promotional and joint marketing opportunities, technical support, and free resolver and provisioning Software Development Kits.

ABOUT BROADSOFT
BroadSoft, Inc., is the leading provider of service delivery systems for next-generation telephony services. BroadWorks, the company's flagship product, allows integrated communications providers (ICPs) to rapidly and economically design and deploy web-enabled enhanced telephony services to their customers. BroadSoft has received extensive industry recognition including "Hot Start-Up" awards by America's Network and Telecommunications magazines, two of the leading telecommunications industry publications. BroadWorks was also recognized as Product of the Year by Communications Solutions magazine. BroadSoft is located near Washington, DC, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and also maintains a research and development facility in Montreal, Canada. Additional information can be found at www.broadsoft.com.

ABOUT NETNUMBER, INC.
NetNumber, a pioneer in the development of carrier-grade commercial ENUM services, provides secure, reliable, ENUM-compliant directory services and support systems to the Internet telephony industry. NetNumber ENUM Services are the outgrowth of a three-year intellectual property, technology development and standards body effort. ENUM services (IETF RFC 2916) are a core piece of Internet infrastructure that convert telephone numbers into the Internet address information supporting all IP-enabled services including real-time voice, voice mail, fax, remote printing, unified messaging, etc. The company is located in the Wannalancit Technology Center, 650 Suffolk Street, Suite 307, Lowell, MA 01854. For more information, call 512-241-1855 or visit www.netnumber.com.