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NexTone and BroadSoft Offer Carriers and Service Providers an Internetworking Solution for Revenue Generating VoIP Services

NexTone's Multiprotocol Session Controller and BroadSoft's BroadWorks Offer Fully Interoperable VoIP Solution for Residential and Business Services

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2004--

NexTone(TM) Communications, the leading supplier of session management technologies that provide scalable control of real-time services over IP, today announced their partnership with BroadSoft(R), the leading provider of network communications platforms. The joint solution extends the service reach of advanced VoIP applications by overcoming internetworking obstacles, such as SIP-to-H.323 interworking and other connectivity issues, so service providers can expand into new markets with the latest in advanced business and residential VoIP services.
NexTone's Multiprotocol Session Controller (MSC), with its unique FlexPeer capabilities, enables the normalization of VoIP traffic while also securing network interconnects. BroadSoft's BroadWorks(R) network communications platform simplifies carrier deployments of value-added services such as hosted PBX, IP Centrex and residential broadband and reduces their overall time-to-market. The two companies have already deployed joint solutions with service providers across the United States and Asia.

"Carriers and service providers need a turn-key solution for enhanced VoIP services that enable them to increase their service reach while reducing their time to market," said Dan Dearing, vice president of marketing at NexTone. "The foundation of this partnership was forged in North America but is being adopted rapidly in Asia where broadband deployments are driving additional value-added services."

"BroadSoft and NexTone worked closely together to remove networking barriers to provide a quick-to-market, fully interoperable VoIP solution for the latest in enhanced business and residential services," said Scott Wharton, vice president of marketing at BroadSoft. "Already a number of US- and Asia-based carriers are using this joint solution to seamlessly pass VoIP traffic across networks for carrier-to-carrier peering and internetworking."

The NexTone MSC intelligently facilitates the interconnection of IP networks utilizing its unique suite of FlexControl technologies, which include FlexPeer, FlexRoute and FlexPolicy. FlexPeer is NexTone's signaling software that resolves incompatibilities between VoIP devices by adapting session signaling and providing control to route, process and manipulate session media. FlexRoute enables carriers to develop very granular and highly programmable facilities to govern the routing of real time traffic over their IP networks while FlexPolicy ensures carriers can manage and control session traffic.

About BroadSoft

BroadSoft is the leading supplier of network communications platforms to service providers and channels in the enterprise and residential markets. BroadSoft's flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband and collaborative conferencing, fully integrated into a single platform. The company has the largest customer base in its space worldwide, including MCI, SingTel and Telstra. 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 http://www.broadsoft.com.

About NexTone Communications

NexTone Communications develops carrier-grade products that provide scalable control of real-time IP services, such as voice over IP (VoIP). NexTone solutions enable carriers, service providers and enterprises to securely, simply, and cost-effectively interconnect networks for end-to-end control and management of IP traffic. NexTone's real-time IP technology can dramatically reduce carrier capital expenditures while providing ongoing operational efficiencies, such as reduced interconnect turn-up time and simplified network operations. NexTone is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA with domestic and international sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.nextone.com.

Contacts


Engage PR for NexTone Communications
Megan Atiyeh, 510-748-8200 ext. 228
matiyeh@engagepr.com

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