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BroadSoft Selected By Skyrr - Iceland's Second Largest ISP - to Provide Country's First Hosted VoIP Service to Enterprises

Posted on: Monday, 3 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

Premium Service Enhances Corporate Communications with Auto Attendant and Leading Features Such as Remote Office and Selective Call Forwarding

BroadSoft(R), the leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced that Skyrr, Iceland's second largest ISP, has selected BroadSoft's BroadWorks(R) VoIP application software to support its hosted VoIP service offering. Mixing the latest in next-generation features with competitive pricing, Skyrr's VoIP service will launch in Iceland in November 2005.

"Improving employee productivity and reducing overhead costs are mission-critical considerations for our business customers. We needed a VoIP solution that could provide our customers with a competitive alternative to onsite equipment that would benefit them both operationally and economically," said Magnus Bodvar Eythorsson, director of hosted solutions at Skyrr. "We selected the BroadWorks technology because of its ability to support our customers' challenging operational requirements."

"Our presence in the Icelandic market further illustrates our success at meeting the global demand for hosted VoIP solutions," said Michael Tessler, president and CEO at BroadSoft. "Skyrr's commitment to quality service combined with BroadWorks' rich set of business features positions Skyrr to deliver the competitive solutions their customers want."

Skyrr will offer its business customers a bundled VoIP services solution over a single broadband connection to the Skyrr network. This service bundle combines unlimited local and long distance calling, dedicated Internet access and Web hosting for a single monthly price. By using BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform, Skyrr will be able to offer a wide range of advanced features that enable its customers to:

-- Improve productivity with a voice virtual private network (VPN) that offers site-to-site calling, private dial plans, and support for mobile workers

-- Improve customer service with a personalized and professional auto-attendant greeting that seamlessly connects callers to employees anywhere, on any phone

-- From easy-to-use web portals, empower employees to manage advanced features such as selective call forwarding, click-to-dial Microsoft Outlook contacts, and remote office calling

BroadSoft's BroadWorks provides a comprehensive range of VoIP applications, including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile PBX, business trunking and residential broadband services fully integrated into a single hosted communications platform. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of providing these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service.

About Skyrr

Skyrr offers diverse IT solutions and services and attends to the many needs of over 2,300 demanding customers of all types and sizes. Skyrr operates an ISO 9001 certified quality system with highly qualified employees. The company is able to compete on the international market of software development. Skyrr's core services and solutions comprises three main categories, software solution, services solutions (ASP and outsourcing) and data connection services (ISP and now VoIP). Skyrr is Iceland's second biggest ISP. Skyrr was founded in 1952 and is a premier international provider of diverse business software solutions, database-related software solutions, information technologies, ASP, hosting and intergrated internet services. Skyrr represents and supports globally recognised IT systems from partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, Novell, VeriSign and Business Objects. Skyrr is a member of the Kogun family of enterprises. Additional information is available at www.skyrr.com.

About BroadSoft

BroadSoft's VoIP application software is revolutionizing the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship BroadWorks(R) 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 customer base of 110 network operators, including, MCI, Singtel, Telstra, Verizon and XO Communications leads the industry with more than 1,200,000 lines deployed. Additional information is available at www.broadsoft.com.

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

Source: Business Wire

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