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BROADSOFT SIGNS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SAIC

GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 31, 2003 -- BroadSoft® Inc., the leading provider of hosted communications platforms, today announced a cooperative agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

SAIC, a Fortune 500® company and provider of telecommunications services can use BroadSoft's award-winning BroadWorks® platform to expand its existing managed services portfolio to include Hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications.

"BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform is a carrier-class Hosted PBX and IP Centrex solution that can meet the performance and technology requirements of carriers and large enterprise customers," said Bob Young, senior vice president of SAIC's Global Telecommunications Group. "Hosted communications services are a potential market for managed service providers and we look forward to collaborating with BroadSoft on future business opportunities."

"SAIC has established itself as a leading systems integrator and has a track record of offering innovative services to its customers," said Michael Tessler, president and CEO, BroadSoft. "SAIC delivers enormous value for carriers and large enterprise customers. This cooperative agreement with SAIC can further aid our global expansion."

"The entrance of a well-respected player, such as SAIC, into the Hosted IP communications market validates the need for such services," said David Passmore, research director, Burton Group. "As a trusted company with broad capabilities in the IT, telecom and networking spaces, SAIC will undoubtedly help to accelerate hosted voice deployments worldwide."

BroadSoft's hosted communications platform, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, and Voice VPN. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of providing these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability, and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service. BroadWorks enables service providers to increase top-line revenues by offering enhanced services to enterprise customers. BroadWorks also reduces operational expenditures by empowering enterprises to manage their own moves, adds and changes via the patented CommPilot web portal. The open, standards-based environment of BroadWorks provides maximum flexibility for service providers to customize their offering.

ABOUT SAIC
SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues of $6.1 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 41,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com.

ABOUT BROADSOFT
BroadSoft is the leading provider of hosted communications platforms. BroadSoft holds the largest market share in the Hosted PBX and IP Centrex space with the most announced customers. Recognized worldwide, BroadSoft has recently expanded its global customer base to include Telstra, the incumbent carrier in Australia. BroadSoft also closed its third round of $32.5 million in funding in September 2002, raising a total of $60 million to date from leading venture capitalists. The company's flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, and Voice VPN. Leading telecommunications industry publications, such as Communications Solutions, Internet Telephony and Network Magazine, have recognized BroadWorks as "Product of the Year". 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.

For further information contact:

BroadSoft:
Hilary Tomasson
+ (240) 364-5147
htomasson@broadsoft.com m

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