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Acantho Deploys BroadSoft for IP Centrex in Italy
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) IMOLA, ITALY and GAITHERSBURG, MD, July 1 / MARKET WIRE/ --
BroadSoft, Inc., the
leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced that its BroadWorks? VoIP
application platform has been selected by Italian telecom operator
Acantho to deliver voice and multimedia services to the enterprise market
in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Acantho delivers a broad range of premium enterprise services via Gigabit
Ethernet over optical fiber starting with the Bologna, Imola, Forl?-Cesena,
Ravenna, Rimini and Riccione areas, now joined with Modena and Ferrara.
Business users enjoy fast data transfer up to 1 Gbs, which is superior to
other available access services (ISDN, ADSL, and satellite transmission).
Acantho delivers all IP-based services to its customers and plans to become
the premier ICT provider in its region.
"We evaluated more than 10 suppliers for our IP Centrex service," said
Roberto Vancini, Chief Executive Officer at Acantho. "Apart from the
obvious differences in capacity and reliability, BroadSoft stood out
because we can connect any type of IP-based telephone to the BroadWorks
application platform and provide a large range of overlay features such as
conferencing and unified communications. We were extremely impressed by the
scalability of the system and its ability to provide multi-tenant
capability for thousands of enterprises."
The initial BroadWorks
deployment will be over the provider's Gigabit Ethernet network.
However, Acantho recently won a WiMAX license in Italy and plans to deploy
the IP-Centrex service over WiMAX access in 2009. Additionally, the service
will likely be enhanced with a range of mobile capabilities in the same
timeframe as the WiMAX deployment.
"Acantho joins a list of over 80 operators who have deployed BroadWorks in
Europe, the Middle East and Africa region," said Michael Tessler, CEO for
BroadSoft ?. "The
combination of BroadWorks and next-generation access is a powerful
combination for ICT providers."
Acantho has already begun deploying the service.
About Acantho
Acantho, operating under the development projects of technological
innovation and the territory in the Emilia-Romagna region, offers voice and
internet services over a unique infrastructure of topic-oriented video and
television networks and services. Its user base is made up of more than two
million inhabitants including a large number of businesses and corporate
customers as well as major internet penetration, elements that can be
quantified in at least 1 million potential customers. Acantho has set
itself out as a benchmark in the region to upgrade and supply value added
services to enterprises, institutions and the citizens. More information at
www.acantho.it.
About the BroadWorks Platform
BroadSoft's IMS-compliant BroadWorks? platform 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 VoIP application platform. BroadWorks is capable of providing
these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability and
regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service.
About BroadSoft
BroadSoft? provides VoIP application software that enables the delivery
of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its award-winning flagship
BroadWorks technology empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to
deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced
features that enable them to 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 provides VoIP applications to seven of the Top 10 and 13 of the
Top 25 largest carriers worldwide, as measured by recent annual revenue,
including Korea Telecom, KPN, SingTel, Sprint, Telefonica de Espana,
Telstra, T-systems and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.BroadSoft.com.
BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc. All
other names are trademarks of their respective companies.
For further information contact:
BroadSoft
Francis Hopkins
+1 (240) 364-5375fhopkins@broadsoft.com
Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire
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