Covergence Delivers 3rd Party Call Control for Microsoft Office Communicator and BroadSoft BroadWorks.MAYNARD, Mass. -- Service Providers Using BroadSoft's BroadWorks Can Now Offer Subscribers the Ability to Make and Receive Calls Using Their Office Communicator to Control Their Telephone Covergence, the first company to deliver a unified security and management solution for applications and services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP), announced today the availability of 3rd party call control (3PCC PCC prothrombin complex concentrate. ) between Microsoft's(R) Office Communicator and BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP application platform. Eclipse(TM), a high-performance SIP security and management solution that resides at the edge of the service providers' network, was purpose-built to secure and manage subscriber access to SIP services, including both hosted VoIP and hosted LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems . Now with integrated 3rd party call control, service providers can offer subscribers the ability to make and receive calls using their Office Communicator or other Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. applications, such as Outlook. With Eclipse, subscribers can now take advantage of all Microsoft Third Party Call Control functionality which enables Windows Communicator clients to place calls between registered SIP telephony SIP enabled PBXes and/or SIP User Agents utilize the Session Initiation Protocol(SIP) to interconnect and to establish voice sessions between each other over an IP Network. SIP Telephony has emerged as a viable alternative to legacy (TDM) and fixed-line circuits for the establishment and endpoints using BroadWorks and place calls between any PSTN-enabled phones (wired line, mobile phones, etc) via standard SIP gateways. In addition, subscribers will be able to take advantage of a myriad of features including the ability to: place calls on hold; conference in third parties; transfer calls; use click-to-call dialing when calling other parties; single click to begin a conference call via the BroadWorks conferencing bridge; accept incoming calls to the desk phone using the Communicator client; and redirect calls to any other desktop or mobile telephone. "Covergence's BroadWorks-Communicator solution allows BroadSoft customers to deliver new, value-add services to their customers," said Scott Wharton, vice president of marketing for BroadSoft. "Covergence continues to grow its role as a leader in the security and management of SIP applications and services." "Here is yet another example of the power and flexibility of Covergence's Eclipse solution," said Bob O'Neil, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Covergence. "Service Providers using BroadSoft will quickly gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace by creating a whole new host of value-added services for their subscribers." The Eclipse CSTA (Computer Supported Telephony Application) An international standard interface between a network server and a telephone switch (PBX) established by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). solution is available immediately. About Covergence Covergence has developed the industry's first unified security and management solution for applications and services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The Covergence Eclipse(TM) series of solutions provide the security, control, monitoring and interoperability necessary for deployment of real-time applications and services. For more information, visit www.covergence.com. About BroadSoft BroadSoft's VoIP application software is revolutionizing the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship BroadWorks(R) technology empowers wireless and wireline carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft's customer base of 150 network operators, including BellSouth, Korea Telecom KT (formerly, Korea Telecom, Korean: 한국통신, NYSE: KT) is South Korea's top integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider. KT has been Korea's leader in the development of the information & communications business for the last 25 years , Singtel, TDC TDC Top Dead Center TDC Time-to-Digital Converter TDC Tabular Data Control TDC Total Development Cost TDC Texas Department of Corrections TDC The Discovery Channel TDC Torpedo Data Computer TDC Theater Deployable Communications , Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, Verizon and XO Communications XO Communications is a United States telecommunications firm and one of the largest Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) in the country. It is owned by XO Holdings, Inc OTCBB: XOHO. leads the industry with more than 1,750,000 lines deployed. www.broadsoft.com Covergence and Covergence Eclipse are registered trademarks of Covergence. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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