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Press Release
BroadSoft Takes Frost & Sullivan 2006 Technology of the Year
Award for VoIP
BroadSoft Recognized for VoIP Application Software
Excellence
GAITHERSBURG, MD. - February 7, 2006 - BroadSoft, Inc.,
the leading provider of VoIP application software today announced
that Frost & Sullivan has named BroadSoft recipient of its 2006
VoIP Application Software Excellence in Technology of the Year Award.
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, recognized
BroadSoft for demonstrating overall technical excellence and commitment
to technology innovation with technology development that is expected
to bring significant contributions in the industry.
Frost & Sullivan selected BroadSoft for the excellence distinction
based on the successful development of its multimedia softphone
BroadWorks Communicator and for its efforts to continually expand
and refine the innovative BroadWorks® product platform. According
to the award, the BroadWorks Communicator, an audio and video session
initiation protocol (SIP) softphone for Windows 2000 and XP, shows
the potential to significantly strengthen video usage by providing
an enhanced experience to distributed enterprises and consumers.
The BroadWorks Communicator is a feature-rich desktop application
that is tightly integrated with the BroadWorks VoIP application
platform and allows residential users and businesses to use the
client as a primary or secondary phone device for IP communications
services. The Communicator has access to BroadWorks' many advanced
VoIP features such as video services, complete call control, and
messaging/voicemail integration.
"BroadSoft is at the cutting edge of VoIP application software
development and is inspiring the delivery of hosted telephony and
multimedia services," said Industry Analyst Sivakumar Muthuramalingam
of Frost & Sullivan. "The BroadWorks platform serves as
the foundation of an impressive array of complex VoIP networks worldwide.
With its single platform to deliver multiple services, BroadWorks
significantly strengthens providers' ability to solve interoperability
challenges and to grow their businesses with new and expanded services.
And the breakthrough Communicator softphone adds a strong desktop
application to deliver advanced telephony and video features to
their customers."
"BroadSoft is honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan
for technology excellence," said Michael Tessler, president
and CEO of BroadSoft. "This award underscores BroadSoft's leadership
in the rapidly changing field of VoIP. We are poised to continue
our strong growth and fully committed to continuing the development
of technological innovations to help service providers meet complex
business and network challenges."
ABOUT THE BROADWORKS PLATFORM
BroadSoft's IMS-compliant BroadWorks® platform provides a comprehensive
range of VoIP applications, including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile
PBX, business trunking and residential broadband services fully
integrated into a single VoIP application platform. BroadWorks is
uniquely capable of providing these applications with the reliability,
redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to
deliver carrier-class service.
ABOUT FROST & SULLIVAN
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been
partnering with clients to support the development of innovative
strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise
integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate
management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost
& Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global
1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community
by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique
global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies,
econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit www.frost.com.
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 150 network operators, including BellSouth, Korea Telecom,
Singtel, Telstra, Verizon and XO Communications leads the industry
with more than 1,750,000 lines deployed. Additional information
is available at www.broadsoft.com.
For further information contact:
BroadSoft
Hilary Tomasson
+1 (240) 364-5147
htomasson@broadsoft.com
Axicom for BroadSoft
Oliver Chapman
+44 (208) 392-4061
oliver.chapman@axicom.com
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