IP phones provider Yealink (News - Alert) has announced interoperability of its T46G Voice over IP color screen phones with BroadSoft’s Unified Communications services.

The integration of Yealink’s VoIP phones with Broadsoft’s UC services enables service providers to use the integrated end-user UC services provided by Broadsoft. The services are offered as part of UC-One, BroadSoft’s (News - Alert) comprehensive, open platform that helps service providers deliver UC solutions for business enterprises and customers alike.

With this partnership Yealink becomes the first IP Phone (News - Alert) vendor to integrate BroadSoft’s UC services. GTS is the first European service provider to use Yealink’s IP Phones integrated withBroadSoft’s UC Services, the company said.

Commenting on this development, Stone Lu (News - Alert), senior vice president of Sales and Marketing at Yealink said, “BroadSoft and Yealink are more confident now than ever about our vibrant and mutually beneficial alliance. We are continuing to explore new ways to deepen the strategic cooperation between Yealink and BroadSoft."

"The interoperability also benefits IP telephony end users since UC services can now be delivered to their desk-top terminals. They can stay connected at the desk as well as on a mobile phone. Subscribers can initiate and receive phone calls, video calls, instant messages and benefit from presence indicators, thus assuring maintenance of the most convenient, intuitive and consistent user-experience possible.Yealink T46G IP phones are now interoperable with the following BroadSoft user-experience services:  UC-One Contact List with Avatar, Presence, Name; Favorites List with Avatar, Presence; One-touch call Buddy in Favorites List; Presence Integration; Click-to-dial from the phone; Configuration via BroadSoft’s XSI protocol; and BroadWorks Anywhere.

Joseph Harsch, director Unified Communications (News - Alert), BroadSoft, said, “Service providers can take advantage of Yealink’s capabilities and deliver BroadSoft’s full UC-One solution with integration with Yealink’s video and VoIP terminals, greatly enhancing the experience for the end-user.”