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BroadSoft Partners with Atreus to Enable Flow-Through
Automated Provisioning and Activation for Voice Over IP

, June 16, 2004 – Atreus Systems™, the IP service provisioning leader, today announced a partnership with BroadSoft®, to help accelerate the delivery of Voice Over IP (VoIP). The partnership integrates BroadSoft’s BroadWorks® network communications platform with Atreus xAuthority™, creating a pre-packaged solution that delivers superior time-to-revenue and lower operational costs by automating the activation and provisioning of VoIP services.

"To become profitable market leaders, communications service providers must overcome the operational complexities in delivering new revenue-generating services and applications," explains Sharon Ballard, Analyst, Yankee Group. "By streamlining the service creation process and automating the provisioning of VoIP services, the Atreus and BroadSoft solution will enable communications service providers to reduce the costs of delivering complex services while speeding time-to-revenue with improved margins."

The joint solution enables service providers to deliver a broad portfolio of revenue-generating IP-based voice, data and multimedia services to their business and residential customers including; IP Centrex, hosted PBX, unified communications, advanced messaging, and IT. By pre integrating Atreus xAuthority with BroadSoft’s BroadWorks, service providers are able to effectively manage the operational issues associated with subscriber self-management, automated provisioning and the integration of VoIP products into their operational environment.

"The Atreus and BroadSoft partnership presents a comprehensive suite of revenue generating services, building on the foundation provided by VoIP," said Scott Wharton, VP Marketing, BroadSoft. “Together we are able to deliver a market-ready solution to address the immediate challenges of VoIP deployment while providing the infrastructure for expansion into a full portfolio of converged voice and data services.”

“We are pleased to partner with BroadSoft to deliver a solution that enables service providers to efficiently deploy and manage VoIP services," said Len Castelli, Vice President of Business Development and Product Management. "This partnership provides a flexible, low-risk and cost effective approach to offering a broad range of VoIP services.”

BroadSoft's BroadWorks provides a comprehensive range of applications including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband, and the latest in collaborative conferencing fully integrated into a single network communications platform. BroadWorks enables service providers to quickly enter the VoIP enterprise and residential market using a single platform that meets the scalability and full range of regulatory requirements necessary for primary line service, including emergency calling, lawful intercept (CALEA), equal access, and local number portability.

The Atreus xAuthority solution delivers a comprehensive set of off-the-shelf dynamic provisioning and activation capabilities. Atreus enables providers to rapidly and profitably grow their value-added services by removing the complexity and risk in deploying new offerings. With Atreus’ automated provisioning of BroadSoft’s BroadWorks, service providers quickly and cost-effectively deploy services on demand, allowing them to shorten time-to-revenue and increase profitability.

About BroadSoft
BroadSoft is the leading supplier of network communications platforms to service providers and channels in the enterprise and residential markets. BroadSoft's flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband and collaborative conferencing, fully integrated into a single platform. The company has the largest customer base in its space worldwide, including MCI, SingTel and Telstra. BroadSoft is located near Washington, DC, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and maintains a research and development facility in Montreal, Canada. Additional information can be found at

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems™ is a leading provider of software solutions for rapid IP service provisioning. The company’s flagship product, Atreus xAuthority™, is a service fulfillment OSS solution that enables global communications providers to extend their existing systems to profitably deliver new services like Voice Over IP, Virtual Private Networks, Managed Security and Managed Applications. Atreus Systems is the vendor of choice for the provisioning and activation of new services. Leaders like SAIC, Telcordia and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) sell Atreus’ software to their customers worldwide. Atreus Systems is a privately held Delaware company financed by leading telecom venture capital firms including Aliant, Inc, BDC Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Meritage Private Equity, Mobius Venture Capital, SAIC Venture Capital Corporation, Skypoint Capital Corporation, and TELUS Ventures. For more information, visit the company's web site at https://atreus-systems.com or call (North America).