Spark offers cloud phone with unified communication suite from Broadsoft

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- BroadSoft Inc announced that Spark will deploy its cloud unified communications (UC) suite and offering Spark Cloud Phone, powered by the BroadCloud calling platform to small and medium businesses in New Zealand. "Spark has outstanding reach in the New Zealand market and a world class engineering team behind the new Spark Cloud Phone product line. We look forward to working closely with them as they bring the new service to market in the first half of this year, " said managing director, Worldwide Sales, Cisco Cloud Calling, Jonathan Reid. Spark Cloud Phone will provide the company with a proven SaaS service delivery platform, allowing the company to quickly deploy a complete UC solution with a flexible OPEX service delivery model, a statement said. Meanwhile, the BroadCloud calling platform will provide Spark Cloud Phone customers with a complete suite of UC services based on the BroadSoft UC-One application including instant messaging and presence (IM&P), hosted voice, mobile client support and more. Head of Business Marketing at Spark, Sally Gordon said they believe Spark Cloud Phone is able to deliver a feature-rich calling solution that helps improve collaboration and give customers business an edge. BroadSoft, a part of Cisco is a technology innovator in cloud PBX, unified communications, team collaboration, and contact centre solutions for businesses and service providers across 80 countries. More information at www.BroadSoft.com. --BERNAMA