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Press Release
BROADSOFT® CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
WITH NEW CUSTOMER WIN IN THE CARIBBEAN
GoTel Communications Signs Contract to Deploy BroadWorks®
in Jamaica
GAITHERSBURG, MD, June 16, 2003 -- BroadSoft® Inc.,
the leading provider of hosted communications platforms, today announced
a new international customer deployment of its award-winning BroadWorks®
platform. GoTel Communications, a leading fixed-wireless provider
in Jamaica, expands its telecommunications services portfolio to
include BroadWorks-based Hosted PBX and IP Centrex offerings.
With the addition of GoTel Communications to its global customer
base, BroadSoft now has an international presence in North America,
Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Caribbean. BroadSoft has
announced 18 customers worldwide with a total of over 30 that are
using the award-winning BroadWorks system, further establishing
its market leadership with the most customers in its market segment.
GoTel Communications represents the first hosted voice deployment
of its kind in the Caribbean. GoTel Communications will offer BroadWorks-based
Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, and Voice Virtual Private Network (voice
VPN) solutions to customers throughout Jamaica, with initial deployments
in the Kingston region. BroadSoft will partner with The Lewis Group,
a telecommunications network systems integration and installation
service-company, to deliver and support the BroadWorks solution
for GoTel Communications. The Lewis Group and BroadSoft have formed
a strategic distribution and integration partnership to offer best-of-breed
hosted communications solutions to the Caribbean market.
"Given the geography and dispersed populations, the Caribbean
has always been a challenging region for deployment of communications
infrastructure," said George Neil, President of GoTel Communications.
"BroadSoft and The Lewis Group were able to provide us with
a next-generation platform that will meet today's communications
needs, and thanks to the benefits of hosting, will also allow us
to add enhanced communications applications as needed."
According to David Eason, president of The Lewis Group, "In
conjunction with BroadSoft, The Lewis Group was able to present
a leading edge solution for GoTel Communications, continuing our
mission to enable service providers to deliver enhanced services
to their users effectively and efficiently."
"We're excited that GoTel Communications is implementing a
visionary model for communications in the Caribbean," said
Michael Tessler, president and CEO, BroadSoft. "Complementing
their fixed wireless services with a hosted communications platform
brings advanced voice capabilities to their customers, giving them
the same efficiencies as mainland users. GoTel Communications is
overcoming the geographic and technical difficulties associated
with delivering service in this mountainous territory to meet the
needs of their market."
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 proven 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 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
and was recently named to Boardwatch's list of The Top 10 Private
Companies. 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.
ABOUT GO TEL COMMUNICATIONS
GoTel Communications Limited is a fixed wireless provider, supplying
corporate and residential subscribers with reliable broadband connectivity
and telephone services. With a nationwide network providing coverage
to rural and metropolitan areas, GoTel is meeting the communication
needs of Jamaicans island-wide. GoTel was established in August
2002. The company delivered both residential and corporate service
in November 2002. For more information visit www.gotelja.com.
ABOUT THE LEWIS GROUP
The Lewis Group, Inc. (TLG) is a leading provider of telecommunications
network engineering, systems integration and installation services
throughout Bermuda and the Caribbean. The company offers a variety
of telecommunications products to support voice, data, and video
networks. TLG's Wireline services include the design, installation,
and support of core, switching, transmission, and access (narrowband
and broadband) networks. The company's Wireless services include
planning, engineering, and installation of mobile and fixed wireless
networks. TLG's IT division offers software applications development,
systems verification and interoperability testing. The Lewis Group
was incorporated in 1996. The company is headquartered in Matawan,
New Jersey with a regional office in Kingston, Jamaica. For more
information visit www.lewisgrp.com.
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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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