Press Release

DIMENSION DATA CHOOSES BROADSOFT AS DESIGNATED SUPPLIER OF HOSTED COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM FOR DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE  

SCOTTSDALE, AZ- BroadSoft Connections Conference, October 12, 2004-- BroadSoft â Inc., the leading provider of network communications platforms, today announced a global agreement with Dimension Data (LSE: DDT), a leading global technology company with representation in over 30 countries on six continents. Dimension Data has incorporated the BroadSoft BroadWorks® network communications platform into its portfolio of converged voice and data offerings, enabling Dimension Data's service provider customers to expand their services to include h osted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband voice and collaborative conferencing.

Over the past three years Dimension Data and BroadSoft have worked closely together to provide incumbents and competitive carriers with a solution that combines Dimension Data's major deployment and BroadSoft's hosted applications expertise.

"We are committed to providing our service provider customers scalable, carrier-grade solutions that support the advanced voice services that enterprises and residential users need today," said Ettienne Reinecke , chief technology officer at Dimension Data. "BroadSoft was the logical choice to partner with on a global basis given their market share and Dimension Data's and BroadSoft';s success with customers such as Telstra and TelstraClear

"Dimension Data's commitment to the BroadWorks platform, lets enterprise customers and carriers adopt the latest in feature rich, hosted voice applications by working with one of the world's leading global integrators trusted for major deployments," said Mike Tessler, president and CEO of BroadSoft. "Our strong relationship and successful track record with Dimension Data provides a solid basis for moving forward and expanding network communications services worldwide."

BroadSoft's BroadWorks provides a comprehensive range of applications including h osted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband voice and collaborative conferencing 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 enables service providers to increase top-line revenues by offering enhanced services to residential and enterprise customers from a single back-office. BroadWorks also reduces operational expenditures for businesses by empowering users 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.

ABOUT BROADSOFT
BroadSoft is the leading supplier of network communications platforms to service providers and channels in the enterprise and residential markets. BroadSoft's flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband voice and collaborative conferencing, fully integrated into a single platform. The company has the largest customer base in its space worldwide, including BellSouth, Covad, MCI, PCCW, SingTel and Telstra. 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 DIMENSION DATA
Dimension Data plc (LSE:DDT), a specialist IT services and solution provider, helps clients plan, build and support their IT infrastructures. Dimension Data applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact centre technologies and its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customised client solutions. For more information go to www.didata.com

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