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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:

BroadSoft:
Hilary Tomasson
(240) 364-5147
htomasson@broadsoft.com

For Unient Communications
Michal Rosicky
Unient Communications
+420 2 57895 434
michal.rosicky@unient.cz

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