BroadSoft Wins in Faroes

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- BroadSoft Inc., a leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced that Faroese Telecom, the leading provider of fixed and mobile services to the Faroe Islands, will launch a pioneering Fixed-Mobile Convergence solution for enterprises on the islands. The new service based on BroadSoft's BroadWorks® platform will allow users to take advantage of a single phone number that contacts them on any device and also empowers the device with the latest voice applications traditionally only available on an expensive IP PBX. The future-proof platform will allow Faroese Telecom to progressively add new cutting-edge services as they become available.

Ordinarily, unanswered calls to deskphones automatically go to voicemail.The Faroese Telecom Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) solution allows calls to deskphones to ring any or all of 10 preset numbers simultaneously, e.g.mobile phone, home phone, other office, etc. The system also enables standard 2G mobile phones to function identically to IP extensions allowing services such as unified voicemail, call transfer, call forwarding, extension dialing, integrated corporate directory and auto-attendant-any of which can be simply configured through a desktop toolbar.

The solution also offers standard hosted PBX (IP Centrex) services, completely removing the need for a PBX, and Business Trunking (IP Trunking) services, which allow the new applications to be simply overlaid onto existing PBX infrastructure. Faroese Telecom will target businesses of all sizes on the Faroe Islands for its FMC solution, especially businesses witha mobile or disparate work force.

"Leaving your deskphone has traditionally been a risky business; there is the ever-present possibility that you can miss calls and voicemails and, consequently, business opportunities, too. Now you can have a single number that finds you on any device," said Richard Mortensen, Faroese Telecom's managing director. "Whether that device is fixed or mobile, it offers the same functionality as a top range IP handset. We fully expect this service to revolutionise our customers' communications experience."

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