[October 08, 2009] BroadSoft announces intent to acquire Packet Island Tweet Oct 08, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- BroadSoft, a provider of VoIP application software, has announced its intent to acquire privately held, Cupertino, California-based Packet Island, a provider of SaaS-based quality of service assessment and monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services. BroadSoft said that its expanded solutions portfolio will enable service providers to offer significantly enhanced quality of service assessment and monitoring capabilities of its communication services. These solutions enable service providers to deploy VoIP and video services with guaranteed end-to-end 'carrier-grade' service delivery. According to BroadSoft, once the acquisition is complete, all Packet Island employees will be retained and Packet Island founder and CEO Praveen Kumar will become BroadSoft's PacketSmart chief technologist. Michael Tessler, president and CEO of BroadSoft, said: "As the recognized worldwide leader of VoIP applications, BroadSoft is committed to helping our global customer base rapidly deploy IP communications services. Packet Island offers a complementary technology that further enables the migration of voice and video to IP by ensuring the highest quality of experience. "This merger will broaden BroadSoft's range of cloud-based communications offerings, provide revenue growth opportunities and create long-term value for our service provider customers." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]