DALLAS and GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Aastra Intecom, a leading provider of mission critical enterprise communications and contact center solutions for large enterprises, and BroadSoft, Inc., the market-share leader for voice applications servers, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated VoIP solutions for large enterprises. Aastra, which supports hundreds of thousands of enterprise voice systems, will use BroadSoft's carrier-grade BroadWorks® VoIP platform as the foundation for new next-generation IP-PBX solutions it will deliver directly to large enterprises.

"Aastra has a rich history of product innovation, including the first commercially-available VoIP platform, integrated call center and PBX functionality, and the first IP distributed PBX," said Dana A. Call, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Aastra USA Inc. "By using BroadSoft's platform as the foundation for deploying new Aastra enterprise solutions, our customers can take advantage of the latest VoIP features to simplify their communications and increase productivity - all with the superior support enterprises have come to expect from Aastra."

"This is the first time a leading PBX provider and a leading VoIP platform provider are partnering to offer high-value IP communications solutions to large enterprises," said Michael Tessler, President and CEO of BroadSoft. "BroadWorks is the de-facto VoIP standard for service providers and Aastra Intecom has an impressive history of selling to the world's largest and most demanding enterprises. Our strategic partnership with Aastra presents an excellent opportunity to reach new markets, giving enterprise customers access to the same technology used in the most advanced carriers."

BroadSoft Inc.

Aastra Technologies Ltd.