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Press Release
ONVOY DEPLOYS BROADSOFT PLATFORM,
BECOMING THE FIRST IOC TO DELIVER HOSTED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Onvoy Provides Enterprise Customers New Set of
Enhanced Voice Features and
Free Voice and Video Calls to Converged IP Network Members
PHOENIX, AZ - BroadSoft Connections Conference, October 27,
2003 -- BroadSoft® Inc., the leading provider of hosted
communications platforms, and Onvoy, Minnesota's integrated broadband
provider, announced that Onvoy has deployed BroadSoft's BroadWorks®
platform establishing the privately-held regional provider in the
hosted communications services market. Onvoy is using BroadWorks
to deliver a comprehensive set of advanced voice features to Minnesota
based businesses.
With a statewide, private, converged IP network branded as the Onvoy
Community Network, Onvoy delivers quality and reliable IP services
including local and long distance voice, videoconferencing, Internet
access and private data networks. With BroadWorks, Onvoy has extended
its service offerings to include a wide spectrum of business voice
features, such as remote office, simultaneous ringing and voice
messaging via email. Onvoy is targeting both single and multi-site
businesses in Minnesota with flat monthly fees, allowing for free
voice and video calls to all other Onvoy Community Network members.
"Onvoy is committed to providing Minnesota-based companies
with more telecommunications services and savings," said Janice
Aune, president and CEO, Onvoy. "Onvoy's enterprise customers
enjoy reduced network expenses, but with the addition of BroadWorks,
they can also minimize spending on premises-based hardware and maintenance
costs. No other carrier in the state can touch our compelling converged
offering plus hosted communications services."
"As one of the largest privately-owned providers in Minnesota
with over 15 years in business, Onvoy is proving its leadership
position in a new era of hosted enterprise services," said
Michael Tessler, president and CEO, BroadSoft. "Onvoy is showing
how other providers can offer innovative services to generate higher
average revenue per user (ARPU) with their customer base."
BroadSoft's BroadWorks provides a comprehensive range of applications
including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, Voice VPN, and the latest in collaborative
conferencing functionality fully integrated into a single hosted
communications platform. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of providing
these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability,
and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service.
BroadWorks allows service providers to increase revenues by offering
enhanced services to enterprise customers from a single application.
BroadWorks also reduces operational expenditures by empowering enterprises
to manage their own moves, adds, changes and conference calls via
the patented CommPilot web portal. The open, standards-based
environment of BroadWorks provides maximum flexibility for service
providers to customize their offering.
This release was announced at the BroadSoft Connections 2003 conference,
the first customer conference for hosted voice service providers
from around the world. For more information about this conference
and other company announcements released today, please visit www.broadsoft.com.
ABOUT BROADSOFT
BroadSoft is the leading provider of hosted communications platforms.
With the largest market share in its space worldwide, the company's
flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of
applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, Voice VPN and collaborative
conferencing, fully integrated into a single platform. BroadSoft
was recently named to Boardwatch's list of "The Top 10 Private
Companies," and BroadWorks has been recognized as the "Product
of the Year" by the leading telecommunications industry publications
including Communications Solutions, Internet Telephony and
Network Magazine. BroadSoft is located near Washington, DC,
in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and maintains a research and development
facility in Montreal, Canada. Additional information can be found
at www.broadsoft.com.
ABOUT ONVOY
Celebrating its 15th year of serving Minnesota, Onvoy is a regional
telecommunications and Internet services provider delivering advanced
IP services over the Onvoy Community Network. Named a finalist for
a prestigious Innovation Award by Minnesota's leading technology
association, the Onvoy Community Network uses state-of-the-art IP
technology to deliver advanced voice, video, data and Internet access
to businesses, schools and hospitals all over Minnesota. Onvoy Community
Network members enjoy free on-net calling for voice and video with
no usage fees applied and have convenient access to a web-based
portal for real-time management of their communications services
such as online video conference scheduling, video and voice call
detail records, invoice viewing and network performance monitoring.
This private, fully-managed network offers the security and reliability
that mission-critical businesses and organizations expect and demand.
The Onvoy Community Network is a designated Cisco Powered Network.
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BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks and CommPilot
is a trademark of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks
of their respective companies.
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