BroadSoft Boosts VOIP with App Server from Genband

BroadSoft buys Genband's application server business to boost its VOIP enterprise applications. While Skype focuses primarily on bringing VOIP to more than 300 million consumers, BroadSoft sells its apps to telcos such as Verizon and Sprint. BroadSoft's buy comes a month after BT bought VOIP provider Ribbit for $105 million. - Enterprise VOIP specialist BroadSoft Aug. 27 acquired the M6 Communication Applications Server and the product's associated customer base from IP gateway supplier Genband. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed, but BroadSoft said the purchase will help bring its BroadWorks voice over IP a...