Swedish Communications Provider, DGC, Chooses BroadSoft VoIP Application Platform To Deliver 'Business Triple-play' Services; Advanced VoIP Applications Allow Businesses to Generate Value from Communications Infrastructure.GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- BroadSoft Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, today announced that Stockholm-based ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. venture DGC DGC Directors Guild of Canada DGC Distributed Garbage Collector DGC Dystrophin-associated Glycoprotein Complex DGC Data General Corporation DGC Dakota Gasification Company DGC Dirección General de Caminos (Guatemala) , will launch triple-play style communications services to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in its home country, Sweden. The range of IP-based services, provided over the BroadWorks VoIP application platform, will offer SMEs a cost effective means to deploy communications that to date have been the preserve of larger businesses. DGC undertook extensive commercial and technology benchmarking of VoIP applications before establishing the BroadWorks platform as the best fit for its market requirements. In a fast-developing market, the ability to deploy services within a short timeframe was a key contributory con·trib·u·to·ry adj. 1. Of, relating to, or involving contribution. 2. Helping to bring about a result. 3. Subject to an impost or levy. n. pl. factor to DGC's final decision. BroadWorks has already undergone a series of internal tests and full functionality is expected to be in place by mid-February. The BroadWorks platform enables DGC to deliver flexible communications capability throughout the enterprise, instantaneously bringing voice, data and video together at the desktop, providing true enterprise-class triple-play services to SMEs at economical rates. Targeting businesses from 5 to 500 end-users, DGC aims to become the critical communications partner for a category of Swedish businesses previously excluded from such feature-rich solutions. DGC will initially offer BroadWorks' hosted PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). application which delivers a complete suite of enhanced PBX functionality over any IP connection, allowing businesses to set up different users and groups at will according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. individual communications needs and at a fraction of the current cost. "SMEs should look at IP as a means to tip the balance in their favour, allowing communications to work for them, not against them," said Gustaf Karling, Managing Director for DGC Communications. "The availability of BroadSoft's VoIP application software represents a chance for Swedish businesses to see communications in a completely new light. IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. allows companies to extract more out of their data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. investment in the same way that a bigger enterprise uses it to drive revenue." "DGC's business triple-play offering opens up feature-rich functions that enhance business opportunity and replicate efficiency across the organization," said Michael Tessler, president and chief executive officer for BroadSoft. "As a service oriented business, DGC will deliver VoIP communication services as an integral part of its growing role as total infrastructure partner for SMEs." The availability of DGC's first hosted PBX application will be followed by additional wireless and wireline services offered through the BroadWorks platform. These may include IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). for traditional calling features (i.e., call forwarding call forwarding n. A telephone service that enables a customer to have an incoming call automatically rerouted to another extension. Noun 1. ), Mobile PBX to extend calling features to wireless devices and Business Trunking to interconnect customer premise equipment. About DGC DGC offers Business Triple Play services to small and midsize companies in the Nordic market. Through DGC's state-of-the-art network, customers receive IP communication, IP-telephony and advanced networking functions delivered directly to the network by a single vendor. DGC provides an all-in-one communications package and single customer interface for networking, support and invoicing. About BroadSoft BroadSoft's VoIP application software is revolutionising 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 more than 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, Telstra, T-Systems, 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. Additional information is available at www.broadsoft.com. BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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