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Press Release
BROADSOFT® ENABLES HOSTED COMMUNICATIONS APPS
THROUGH UNIENT COMMUNICATIONS, A.S.
Unient Signs Contract to Deploy BroadWorks® for Hosted PBX and
IP Centrex in the Czech Republic
GAITHERSBURG, MD, June 3, 2003 -- BroadSoft®Inc., the
leading provider of hosted communications platforms, today announced
a new international customer deployment of its award-winning BroadWorks®
platform. Unient Communications a.s, a leading European reseller
of technology solutions based in the Czech Republic, will expand
its telecommunications service portfolios to include BroadWorks-based
Hosted PBX and IP Centrex offerings.
With the addition of Unient Communications a.s. to its global customer
base, BroadSoft now has an international presence in Asia, Australia,
and Europe. BroadSoft has announced 17 customers worldwide with
over 30 total who are using the award-winning BroadWorks system,
further establishing its market leadership with the most customers
in its market segment.
Unient Communications a.s, a leading Central European reseller
of technology solutions, will broaden its telecommunications portfolio
by offering Hosted PBX and IP Centrex services to customers in Central
Europe. Unient has already begun trials with two CLECs in the Czech
Republic and will continue to expand by distributing BroadWorks
to other carriers in the Central and Eastern European markets.
According to Pavel Chlupacek, Chairman of the Board, Unient Communications,
"Demand for IP voice services in Central Europe continues to
accelerate. BroadSoft offers the most powerful solution for this
market. BroadWorks' carrier-class design offers the redundancy and
scalability we require without compromising on feature functionality.
The key difference that we recognized in the BroadSoft platform
was the level of customization and flexibility that allows to us
tailor solutions to meet unique customer requirements and needs.
Additionally, we selected BroadWorks because of its demonstrated
interoperability with our network infrastructure portfolio including
products from AudioCodes, Sonus Networks, Cisco and VegaStream."
"The value of the hosted communications model, widely recognized
in the US, is becoming increasingly evident to customers worldwide,"
said Michael Tessler, president and CEO, BroadSoft. "The increasing
demand for the BroadSoft platform mirrors our high expectations
for international growth. Unient Communications a.s. is a progressive
solutions provider within their market, and we're pleased to be
working with them."
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 BroadSoft, Inc
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 UNIENT COMMUNICATIONS
Unient Communications has been providing high quality services as
a telecomunications focused value added corporation in the field
of digital telecommunications in the Czech Republic and Eastern
Europe since 1994. The portfolio consists of products from several
manufacturers, and includes high-value services such as customer
problem definition, project, system implementation and service support.
Unient has two major lines of business, focused on enterprise and
carrier customers. Unient's services are based on Nortel Networks,
Juniper Networks and Sonus Networks technologies and are provided
to major customers in different vertical markets including universities,
telecommunications, utilities and government. Unient is privately
owned with yearly and publicly reported audited results.
For more information please go to web page www.unient.cz.
For further information contact:
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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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