Broadsoft announced in a release that it has entered an agreement to acquire Packet Island, maker of quality of service assessment and monitoring tools for VoIP and video networks and services. The move expands the the VoIP application software provider's ability to address QoS issues for real-time communications.
By acquiring Packet Island's lifecycle management assets Broadsoft will be able to address its service provider customers assess networks before deploying VoIP and video services as well as verify the deployments to establish a baseline. Also, these solutions allow for continuous monitoring of VoIP service quality and provides troubleshooting tools to pinpoint problems. The combination of Broadsoft's rapid IP communications deployment services with Packet Island's QoS and QoE monitoring tools will help the company offer service providers fast and cost-effective VoIP and video services deployments with extensively monitored service delivery.
Packet Island founder and CEO Praveen Kumar will be named BroadSoft's PacketSmart Chief Technologist when the merger is complete.
For more:
- read the release

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