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FirstHand Technologies Completes Vendor Validated Interoperability Testing With BroadSoft BroadWorks

First to Mobilize Enterprise Users of BroadSoft’s Network Operator 

CHICAGO, June 6, 2006 – FirstHand Technologies, an innovator in mobile VoIP software for enterprise use, today announced here at GLOBALCOMM that it has completed interoperability testing between BroadSoft® BroadWorks® and the FirstHand Mobile Console client software for WiFi and dual mode (WiFi and cellular) devices.

“As part of our vision of ‘Enterprise Communications Everywhere,’ BroadSoft service provider customers can now deploy mobile VoIP services on dual mode devices using the FirstHand Mobile Console,” said David Hattey, president & CEO of FirstHand Technologies. “BroadSoft is one of the market leaders in hosted VoIP services. By ensuring interoperability with its BroadWorks offering, we can extend those features to mobile users, ensuring they have access to the most advanced, feature-rich portfolio of enterprise mobility solutions in the market today, starting with the Mobile Console.”

Mobile Console delivers personal command and control of communications services over WiFi, or WiFi and GSM, or WiFi and CDMA network interfaces. Its network-aware, unified GUI and support for single number calling consolidates both WiFi and cellular identities to provide a seamless end-user experience.

“Mobilizing SIP endpoints is an important goal for the enterprise market segment. FirstHand Technologies innovations in network awareness and tight integration with Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 features are welcome additions to the BroadSoft partner system,” said Scott Wharton, vice president of marketing for BroadSoft. “We look forward to continued collaborations with FirstHand Technologies.”

About BroadSoft
BroadSoft’s VoIP application software is revolutionizing the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship BroadWorks® technology empowers wireless and wireline carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft’s family of carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world’s leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft’s leads the VoIP applications market with 6 of the top 10, and 11 of the top 25, largest carriers worldwide including BellSouth, Korea Telecom, Singtel, Telefónica de España, Telstra, T-Systems, Verizon and XO Communications.  Additional information is available at www.broadsoft.com.

About FirstHand Technologies (www.firsthandtech.com)
FirstHand Technologies (formerly SIPquest) is the leading developer of Converged Multimedia Client software for desktop, WiFi, Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environments.  Based in Ottawa, Canada, the company differentiates its mobile VoIP offerings by enabling the broadest available market through a range of leading channel partners and the widest array of mobile devices.

The company’s solutions are embedded or bundled into the world's largest equipment vendors, systems integrators and service provider’s products to quickly and seamlessly deliver rich multimedia services to their end-users.  Partners include 3Com, BroadSoft, Cisco and Nortel among others. FirstHand Mobile Console is the client of choice for leading service provider-based Voice Call Continuity servers including BridgePort, Cisco and Stoke. For more information visit http://www.firsthandtech.com or call +1-613-254-8886.

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