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WIT Software and BroadSoft Complete RCS Interoperability; Speeding time-to-market for RCS services with WIT's RCS Mobile Clients and BroadSoft's BroadCloud RCS
[February 25, 2013]

WIT Software and BroadSoft Complete RCS Interoperability; Speeding time-to-market for RCS services with WIT's RCS Mobile Clients and BroadSoft's BroadCloud RCS


(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Barcelona, Spain - WIT Software and BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) today announced the successful completion of Interoperability Testing (IOT) for RCS-e Hot Fixes services. This IOT testing was conducted using BroadSoft's BroadCloud(TM) RCS solution and WIT Software's mobile RCS applications.



With this integration milestone, Mobile Network Operators looking for a fast-track route to take RCS services to market can now take advantage of the WIT RCS Apps (for Android and iOS) working with BroadSoft's BroadCloud RCS solution.

Commenting on this milestone with BroadSoft, WIT Software's CEO Luis Silva said: "WIT is well-established as a leading player in the RCS space, following the GSMA's decision to select us as the reference provider for RCS-e Downloadable Apps in 2012, and our successful product roll-outs with both Telefnica and Orange Spain. We are now delighted to be working with BroadSoft to enable its RCS service using our smartphone applications. Our prime focus is to ensure that BroadSoft can provide operators with fast and successful RCS roll-outs, and we look forward to a fruitful and long-lasting co-operation".


"Market adoption of RCS solutions has been slowed by high initial investments and integration complexity" said Scott Hoffpauir, Chief Technology Officer, BroadSoft. "We believe BroadCloud RCS significantly reduces the costs and complexity associated with a service provider's RCS deployment, enabling them to quickly take to market advanced communications services that include integrated multimedia and messaging solutions." RCS (Rich Communication Services) is a GSMA specification that includes advanced communication services such as capability discovery, instant messaging, content sharing, location sharing, voice-over-IP and video-over-IP. All these services will be available across devices on any mobile network that implements the RCS technology. Both WIT and BroadSoft are aligned with the GSMA's evolutionary path for RCS. WIT will continue to work with BroadSoft to ensure that new RCS 5.1 features are made available to operators to enhance their RCS delivery.

BroadCloud's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform provides mobile operators with a cloud-based service delivery of converged messaging, presence, media sharing, voice and video calling. With a cloud service delivery model, BroadCloud RCS also speeds time-to-market, reduces deployment costs and integration complexity for mobile operators.

WIT Software is a leading supplier of downloadable RCS Apps: it was the first company to receive full-accreditation from GSMA for the joyn Hot Fixes Android RCS App, and was also the first to receive Apple's acceptance for the iPhone RCS App. The new version of the WIT's RCS Apps that will be presented during MWC in Barcelona already incorporates support for some of the key features of RCS.5.1, maintaining WIT's leading position in this sector.

About BroadSoft BroadSoft is the leading provider of software and services that enable mobile, fixed-line and cable service providers to offer Unified Communications over their Internet Protocol, or IP network. The Company's core communications platform enables the delivery of a range of enterprise and consumer calling, messaging and collaboration communication services, including private branch exchanges, video calling, text messaging and converged mobile and fixed-line services.

Forward Looking Statements (BroadSoft) This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by their use of terms and phrases such as "believe," "will" and other similar terms and phrases and include, among others, statements regarding the interoperability testing results and the benefits of BroadCloud and BroadCloud RCS to service providers. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, whether the BroadCloud platform and the BroadCloud RCS service offering will result in increased revenues for BroadSoft and whether BroadCloud RCS will be successfully adopted by service providers and result in a benefit to our service provider customers and others, as well as those factors contained in the "Risk Factors" sections of the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on August 6, 2012 and the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012, and in the Company's other filings with the SEC. All information in this release is as of February 25, 2013. Except as required by law, BroadSoft undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement made herein for any reason to conform the statement to actual results or changes in its expectations.

About WIT Software Founded in 2001, WIT Software is a well-established software house that specialises in products and solutions for advanced mobile communications, with extensive expertise in solutions relating to RCS, Mobile VoIP and IMS Applications. Located in Portugal and California, the company has over 100 full-time employees and a blue chip industry client base. For more information, please visit http://www.wit-software.com. WIT Software is exhibiting at MWC in Barcelona in Hall 6, 6G80.

For further information, please contact: For WIT Software: Georgina Garrett/Simon Axford Jones Garrett Axford Ltd Tel: +44 1903 854900 Email: [email protected] Raquel Marques Tel: +351 239 801030 Email: [email protected] For BroadSoft Inc. : Brian Lustig +1 301 775 6203 [email protected] Sarah James +44 (0) 207 751 4444 [email protected] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Press Release - 25 February 2013 - WIT Software and BroadSoft Complete RCS Interoperability Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:36:17 +0000 From: Ed itorial To: Sharon Dyer ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Garrett Axford Newsdesk* > Date: 25 February 2013 08:57 Subject: Press Release - 25 February 2013 - WIT Software and BroadSoft Complete RCS Interoperability To: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please find below a press release issued today Monday, 25th February 2013 on behalf of WIT Software. If you would like to receive a Word document of this text, please contact us on [email protected] If you would like us to update your details on our database, or it is no longer appropriate for you to receive our press releases, please let us know.

** **PRESS RELEASE** ** ** **** *WIT Software and BroadSoft Complete RCS Interoperability * /Speeding time-to-market for RCS services with WITs RCS Mobile Clients and BroadSofts BroadCloud RCS / *Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2013* WIT Software and BroadSoft, Inc.

(NASDAQ: BSFT) today announced the successful completion of Interoperability Testing (IOT) for RCS-e Hot Fixes services. This IOT testing was conducted using BroadSofts BroadCloud RCS solution and WIT Softwares mobile RCS applications.

With this integration milestone, Mobile Network Operators looking for a fast-track route to take RCS services to market can now take advantage of the WIT RCS Apps (for Android and iOS) working with BroadSofts BroadCloud RCS solution.

Commenting on this milestone with BroadSoft, WIT Softwares CEO Luis Silva said: /WIT is well-established as a leading player in the RCS space, following/ /the GSMAs decision to select us as the reference provider for RCS-e Downloadable Apps in 2012, and our successful product roll-outs with both Telefnica and Orange Spain. We are now delighted to be working with BroadSoft to enable its RCS service using our smartphone applications. Our prime focus is to ensure that BroadSoft can provide operators with fast and successful RCS roll-outs, and we look forward to a fruitful and long-lasting co-operation/.

"/Market adoption of RCS solutions has been slowed by high initial investments and integration complexity/" said Scott Hoffpauir, Chief Technology Officer, BroadSoft. "/We believe BroadCloud RCS significantly reduces the costs and complexity associated with a service provider's RCS deployment, enabling them to quickly take to market advanced communications services that include integrated multimedia and messaging solutions. / RCS (Rich Communication Services) is a GSMA specification that includes advanced communication services such as capability discovery, instant messaging, content sharing, location sharing, voice-over-IP and video-over-IP. All these services will be available across devices on any mobile network that implements the RCS technology. Both WIT and BroadSoft are aligned with the GSMAs evolutionary path for RCS. WIT will continue to work with BroadSoft to ensure that new RCS 5.1 features are made available to operators to enhance their RCS delivery.

BroadClouds Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform provides mobile operators with a cloud-based service delivery of converged messaging, presence, media sharing, voice and video calling. With a cloud service delivery model, BroadCloud RCS also speeds time-to-market, reduces deployment costs and integration complexity for mobile operators.

WIT Software is a leading supplier of downloadable RCS Apps: it was the first company to receive full-accreditation from GSMA for the joyn Hot Fixes Android RCS App, and was also the first to receive Apples acceptance for the iPhone RCS App. The new version of the WITs RCS Apps that will be presented during MWC in Barcelona already incorporates support for some of the key features of RCS.5.1, maintaining WITs leading position in this sector.

*About BroadSoft ** *BroadSoft is the leading provider of software and services that enable mobile, fixed-line and cable service providers to offer Unified Communications over their Internet Protocol, or IP network. The Company's core communications platform enables the delivery of a range of enterprise and consumer calling, messaging and collaboration communication services, including private branch exchanges, video calling, text messaging and converged mobile and fixed-line services.

*Forward Looking Statements (BroadSoft) ** *This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by their use of terms and phrases such as believe, will and other similar terms and phrases and include, among others, statements regarding the interoperability testing results and the benefits of BroadCloud and BroadCloud RCS to service providers. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, whether the BroadCloud platform and the BroadCloud RCS service offering will result in increased revenues for BroadSoft and whether BroadCloud RCS will be successfully adopted by service providers and result in a benefit to our service provider customers and others, as well as those factors contained in the Risk Factors sections of the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on August 6, 2012 and the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012, and in the Company's other filings with the SEC. All information in this release is as of February 25, 2013. Except as required by law, BroadSoft undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement made herein for any reason to conform the statement to actual results or changes in itsexpectations.

*About WIT Software ** *Founded in 2001, WIT Software is a well-established software house that specialises in products and solutions for advanced mobile communications, with extensive expertise in solutions relating to RCS, Mobile VoIP and IMS Applications. Located in Portugal and California, the company has over 100 full-time employees and a blue chip industry client base. For more information, please visit http://www.wit-software.com. /WIT Software is exhibiting at MWC in Barcelona in Hall 6, 6G80./ - ends - ** **For further information, please contact:** ** * * ** **For WIT Software:** * Georgina Garrett/Simon Axford Jones Garrett Axford Ltd Tel: +44 1903 854900 Email: [email protected] Raquel Marques Tel: +351 239 801030 Email: [email protected] * *For BroadSoft Inc. :* Brian Lustig +1 301 775 6203 [email protected] Sarah James +44 (0) 207 751 4444 [email protected] This email is intended only for the addressee named above and may contain confidential or privileged information. It must not be copied, forwarded or disclosed to any unauthorised person. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately by return email.

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