BroadSoft, Inc. is a communication software and service provider that was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2018.[2] BroadSoft was founded in 1998 and completed its initial public offering in 2010, and was headquartered in Maryland.[3] It partners with carriers and large service providers in several countries.[4][5] BroadSoft’s customers include AT&T, Verizon Communications, Sprint, Charter Communications, Comcast, and Vodafone.[6] The company provides technology for service providers to build cloud-based communications services such as voice, video, web conferencing and team messaging and contextual services.[7]
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: BSFT | |
| Industry | Communication software |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States |
Key people | |
| Revenue |  US$ 340.96 million (2016) |
| US$ 15.51 million (2016) | |
| US$ 0.82 million (2016) | |
| Total assets | US$ 651.20 million (2016) |
| Total equity | US$ 301.23 million (2016) |
Number of employees | 1,597 (2016) |
| Parent | Cisco Systems |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
History
editThe company was founded by Michael Tessler and Scott D. Hoffpauir in 1998.[8] Prior to Broadsoft, Tessler worked at several telecommunications manufacturers and later joined Celcore, a wireless startup. Following the acquisition of Celcore by Alcatel, Tessler and Hoffpauir, an executive at Alcatel, decided to branch out on their own and create BroadSoft. BroadSoft then received $5 million in Series A round funding.[9]
BroadSoft grew organically and through acquisitions over 20 years.[10]
• 1998 – Company officially started with the name iKnow[11]
• 1999 – Renamed to BroadSoft[8]
• August 2000 – Montreal research and development center opened[12]
• 2003 – Fujitsu becomes the principal system integration partner for BroadSoft in the Asia-Pacific[13]
• September 2005 – Acquired Carbon Twelve[14]
• November 2006 – Opened new offices in Belfast, Northern Ireland[15]
• August 2008 – Acquired Genband's M6 communication applications server, formerly VocalData[16]
• December 2008 – Acquired Sylantro Systems[17]
• October 2009 – Acquired Packet Island[18]
• June 2010 – BroadSoft debuted on the Nasdaq Global Market[19]
• October 2010 – Acquired Casabi[20]
• October 2011 – Acquired iLinc Communications[21] and Movial Applications Oy [22]
• April 2012 – Acquired Partners 1993 EOOD[23]
• August 2012 – Acquired Adaption Technologies Ventures[24]
• August 2013 – Acquired Hosted IP Communications (Europe) Limited (HIPCOM)[25]
• December 2013 – Acquired finocom AG[26][27]
• August 2014 – Acquired Systems Design & Development, Inc. (SDD)[28]
• January 2015 – Acquired Leonid Systems[29]
• June 2015 – Acquired mPortal[29]
• November 2015 – Acquired PBXL[29]
• February 2016 – Acquired Transera[29]
• May 2016 – Acquired Intellinote[29]
• October 2016 – Acquired VoIP Logic[30]
• November 2016 – Launches Team-One[31]
• October 2017 - BroadSoft announced that it had entered into an agreement to be acquired by Cisco for approximately $2 billion.[32]
• February 2018 - BroadSoft acquired by Cisco[33]
References
edit- ^ "US SEC: Form 10-K BroadSoft Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ CNBC.com, Reuters with (2017-10-23). "Cisco agrees to acquire BroadSoft for $1.9 billion". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
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- ^ "Make way for another Slack competitor, Team-One from BroadSoft". TechCrunch. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "How Has BroadSoft's Revenue Grown Recently?". Market Realist. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "BroadSoft: The most important UC vendor you probably haven't heard of". Network World. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ a b "Broadsoft CEO Michael Tessler Gave Keynote Speech at StartupCamp6". Businesswire.
- ^ "Broadsoft CEO Michael Tessler Shares His Entrepreneurial Journey at StartupCamp6 Comms Edition". TMCNet.
- ^ "BroadSoft Strengthens its Cloud Communications Portfolio with its Acquisition of VoIP Logic". VOIPReview.org.
- ^ "Broadsoft CEO Michael Tessler Gave Keynote Speech at StartupCamp6". Businesswire. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft sets up R&D shop in Montreal". ITWorldCanada. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Fujitsu ramps up VoIP push". itnews. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "US vendor buys Sydney developer Carbon Twelve". CRN. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "US Firm Opens Office In Belfast". The Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "GenBand's M6 Acquired by Broadsoft". TMCnet. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft acquires Sylantro as VoIP market consolidates". NetworkWorld. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Broadsoft & Packet Island Deliver Affordable Tools". NoJitter. Retrieved 8 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Broadsoft shares sink in IPO". MarketWatch. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft Acquires Casabi for $1,950,000". xconomy. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft acquires iLinc Communications". NetworkWorld. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft buys Movial's client-product unit". Telecomasia. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BOYANOV & Co. Advised Broadsoft Inc. on the Acquisition of Partners 1993 EOOD (Bulgarian Software Developer Company)". Boyanov & Co. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Telecom M&A: BroadSoft Grabs Adaption Technologies". CRN. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft Acquires HIPCOM, Will Expand Offerings in UK". Unified Communications. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Placetel by BroadSoft - das Unternehmen: Historie, Werdegang, Zukunft". www.placetel.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ "Wheeling & Dealings: BroadSoft to Enter German Market Through finocom Acquisition". Unified Communications. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft targets hospitality industry with SDD acquisition". NetworkWorld. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "BroadSoft buys Reston company in bid for collaboration software dominance". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "BroadSoft Buys Cloud Communications Vendor VoIP Logic". eWeek. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Make way for another Slack competitor, Team-One from BroadSoft". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Cisco buys BroadSoft for $1.71 billion in software push". Reuters. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Cisco Cisco completes $1.9 billion acquisition of BroadSoft". RCRWireless. Retrieved 8 February 2018.