BroadSoft CEO, Michael Tessler,
Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award Finalist in Washington, D.C.

Gaithersburg, Maryland, May 15, 2006 - BroadSoft today announced that Michael Tessler, founder, president and CEO of BroadSoft, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Washington D.C. region. According to Ernst & Young, the awards program was designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs on a regional, national and global level who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. Tessler was selected as a finalist from 108 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special 20th anniversary gala event on June 22 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner.

"I'm honored to be named among the distinguished finalists in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 award program," said Tessler. "Being selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award recognizes the entire BroadSoft organization and its employees' commitment to excellence. Since co-founding the company in 1998, we are effectively enabling communications around the world with 6 of the top 10, and 11 of the top 25, largest global service providers using BroadSoft software."

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 18, 2006. The overall national Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient is then considered for the world event held in Monte Carlo.

About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 100 cities and 35 countries.

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 leads the VoIP applications market with 6 of the top 10 and 11 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide including BellSouth, Korea Telecom, Singtel, Telefónica de España, Telstra, T-Systems, Verizon and XO Communications.

BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.

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