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For our cover package we partnered with BroadSoft, a leading provider of hosted communications platforms based in Gaithersburg, Md.

BroadSoft has adopted the SIP standard in the architecture of its communications products (see www.broadsoft.com). We took advantage of the proxy, registration and PSTN gateway services provided by the company's BroadWorks platform to implement our testing of SIP phones, and we made use of its Web-based provisioning software as well.

Founded in 1998, BroadSoft delivers a carrier-class platform that has enabled companies like Telstra, the main carrier in Australia, to provide advanced IP Centrex applications. BroadSoft also provides the infrastructure for hosted PBX services at Computer Sciences Corp. and Science Applications International Corp.