BroadSoft has surpassed 10 million hosted UC lines deployed, a milestone that demonstrates strong and growing demand for BroadSoft's UC-One application by businesses of all sizes and across North America, Europe, Asia, and other global markets.
A broad range of service providers, including fixed, mobile, and Over the Top (OTT) players, have deployed UC-One, which allows voice, video, business directories, call logs, instant messaging and presence to be available on a single interface, regardless of the user's preferred mobile device, type of connectivity, or type of communication service connectivity (hosted or premise-based PBX).
BroadSoft customers have the option to deploy unified communications services via the BroadWorks platform or via BroadCloud, a managed service that significantly shortens the time it takes service providers to enter this fast growing market.
According to an August 2014 Infonetics Report, the global hosted PBX and UC services market is expected to grow from $8.5bn in 2014 to $12.3bn by 2018.
North America is the largest market for hosted VoIP and UC services, commanding 49% of all seats in the first half of 2014, compared to 24% in Asia Pacific, 22% in EMEA, and 5% in Central America/Latin America.
"The fact that BroadSoft's biggest customers have deployed over 500,000 hosted UC seats reinforces our market analysis that businesses are actively seeking out hosted UC solutions, and that adoption is occurring across all market segments - from SMBs to large enterprises," said Diane Myers, principal analyst, Infonetics Research.
Michael Tessler, president and chief executive officer, BroadSoft, added: "Ten million hosted UC lines deployed is more than a number, it's a statement that BroadSoft is redefining the future of work by inspiring workers to create, collaborate and perform in ways never before imagined.
"As BroadSoft continues to focus on developing and delivering innovative technologies that smash through traditional work silos to accelerate workforce collaboration and productivity, we can accelerate the enterprise shift from premise-based to hosted UC - and all of the benefits that come along with leveraging the cloud."