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Press Release
BroadSoft Selected by Samsung Networks as Platform for South Korea's
First Hosted VoIP Service
Samsung Networks Services Deliver Cost-Effective
Productivity Enhancements to Large National and Multinational Corporate
Market
COMMUNICASIA, SINGAPORE, June 14, 2005 - BroadSoft®
Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced
that Samsung Networks selected BroadSoft's BroadWorks® platform
to support its hosted VoIP e-business services. Samsung Networks
is the telecommunications business division in Samsung - the most
profitable South Korean conglomerate and a world leader in consumer
electronics.
Samsung Networks provides a full portfolio of communications services,
including network, telephone and digital multimedia services that
leverage the company's global infrastructure. The company's new
hosted PBX services enable its customers to compete more effectively
by offering up to 70% savings over traditional long distance and
international services. Using the platform's open interface, Samsung
Networks fully integrates BroadSoft's leading set of advanced features,
such as selective call forwarding, voice-to-email and click-to-dial
into its web portal to provide a seamless user experience.
"We chose BroadSoft over the competition because their technology
fully meets our service requirements for reliability and flexibility,"
said Mr. Park, Internet Telephony Team Head at Samsung Networks.
"By taking advantage of the BroadWorks open architecture and comprehensive
range of integrated VoIP applications, we can offer a suite of services
that bring business benefits directly to our corporate customers.
We look forward to a long working relationship with BroadSoft and
to delivering compelling new services that meet the needs of major
organizations."
"As a network provider in one of the most wired countries in the
world with a highly sophisticated consumer and enterprise market
for communications services, Samsung Networks is ideally positioned
to identify new trends and leading technologies," said Michael Tessler,
CEO and president at BroadSoft. "For this reason, being chosen by
Samsung further validates the strength of BroadSoft's technology
and the company's leadership position in this market."
BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform provides a comprehensive range
of advanced applications, including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile
PBX, business trunking and residential broadband services fully
integrated into a single VoIP applications platform. BroadWorks
is uniquely capable of providing these applications with the reliability,
redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to
deliver carrier-class service.
ABOUT SAMSUNG NETWORKS
Samsung Networks Inc. is a leading IP communication service
provider in Korea, providing customized telecommunications services
to suit the needs of corporate customers. Samsung Networks' business
spans across seven areas: Network Service, Optical Network Service,
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Service, Network Consulting, Network
Solution Integration; Telephony Service, Voice over IP, Corporate
Telephone Services (for local, long-distance, and international
calls), International call service on Mobile Phone, 00755 and Digital
Media Services; IDC (Internet Data Center) Service; EDI Service;
Samsung Mobile Service; IP Contact Center Service; and Broadcasting
Service.
Since its launch in 1987, Samsung Networks has rapidly expanded
its global information communication services for enterprises and
now connects more than seventy countries all over the world. Samsung
Networks continues to be a leader in this market by providing excellent
technology and reliable service. More news and information is available
at www.samsungnetworks.net
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ABOUT BROADSOFT
BroadSoft's VoIP application software is revolutionizing
the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship
BroadWorks® technology empowers wireless and wireline carriers
to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and
advanced features that increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation
and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class
software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability
that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to
serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers.
BroadSoft's customer base of more than 100 network operators, including
BellSouth, MCI, Singtel, Telstra, Verizon and XO Communications,
leads the industry with more than 900,000 lines deployed. Additional
information is available at www.broadsoft.com
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BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft,
Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.
For further information contact:
Calysto Communications for BroadSoft
Nancy Bistritz
+1 (404) 266-2060 ext.15
nbistritz@calysto.com
BroadSoft
Hilary Tomasson
+1 (240) 364-5147
htomasson@broadsoft.com
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