Ingate® and BroadSoft Develop Interoperable Solution to Deliver VoIP Applications to Firewall-Protected Enterprises

Internet Telephony Conference & Expo, Miami, February 11, 2004- Ingate Systems AB (www.ingate.com), the leading supplier of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-capable enterprise firewalls, announced today that Ingate and BroadSoft® Inc., the leading provider of network communication platforms, have completed interoperability testing to provide an end-to-end solution for enterprises supporting the latest in network-based hosted IP Centrex applications. Simplifying the migration to IP Voice, the Ingate/BroadSoft solution delivers a cost-effective, flexible means of bringing hosted VoIP applications to any enterprise quickly and efficiently.

Ingate Firewall® and award-winning Ingate SIParator® products were provided for the interoperability testing. Most enterprise firewalls block VoIP calls forcing companies to choose between security and advanced voice services. The Ingate Firewall® and SIParator solve this problem by seamlessly enabling the traversal of SIP communications across a network firewall. BroadSoft included its leading network communication platform, BroadWorks®, which offers a comprehensive range of applications including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, residential broadband and collaborative conferencing.

The Ingate/BroadWorks solution is based on SIP, the standard protocol for realtime communications applications such as VoIP, instant messaging, presence and a host of person-to-person applications.

BroadSoft's hosted IP Centrex application delivers voice features to enterprises looking to outsource a cost-effective communications solution. As a hosted PBX application, BroadWorks provides the feature-functionality of a PBX with the deployment flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership of a hosted solution. Ingate's Firewall and SIParator products make the transition to IP Voice even easier by serving as CPE session border controllers that allow any network to become SIP-enabled - and thereby able to utilize VoIP applications - with the addition of one piece of hardware. Ingate's SIParator offers these benefits without requiring the replacement of an existing firewall, and is compatible with any enterprise firewall.

"Interoperability with leading providers like BroadSoft demonstrates our commitment to provide tested, market-proven solutions to our enterprise customers," said Olle Westerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Ingate Systems. "Businesses of every size are quickly realizing the necessity of leveraging SIP-based realtime applications to remain competitive. Together, BroadSoft and Ingate provide a truly end-to-end solution for any company migrating to SIP.

"The pre-tested Ingate/BroadSoft solution gives enterprises even greater flexibility to quickly and cost-effectively deploy the latest in network communications applications with the security and reliability they need," said Scott Wharton, vice president, marketing at BroadSoft. "Interoperability with Ingate expands BroadSoft's portfolio of CPE products that support a complete range of hosted VoIP applications."

Please visit Ingate at Booth #309, and BroadSoft at www.broadsoft.com for more information.

About BroadSoft

BroadSoft is the leading provider of network communication platforms for enterprise and residential markets. With the largest market share in its space worldwide, the company's flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive range of applications including residential broadband, collaborative conferencing, Hosted PBX, and IP Centrex, fully integrated into a single platform. BroadSoft was recently named to Boardwatch's list of "The Top 10 Private Companies," and BroadWorks has been recognized as the "Product of the Year" by the leading telecommunications industry publications including Communications Solutions, Internet Telephony and Network Magazine. BroadSoft is located near Washington, DC, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and maintains a research and development facility in Montreal, Canada. Additional information can be found at www.broadsoft.com.

About Ingate® Systems

A world leader in next generation firewall technology, Ingate® Systems produces and sells the world's first SIP-capable enterprise firewalls and the Ingate SIParator®, a device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable the traversal of SIP communications and winner of Internet Telephony magazine's Product of the Year Award in 2002 and again in 2003. Ingate Systems has a long history of developing secure communications technology and today offers enterprises unprecedented value and ability to develop SIP-based, person-to-person real-time communications. Ingate's security products currently protect the networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Majority-owned by Intertex Data AB and Bell Net Corp, Ingate Systems AB is located in Stockholm and Linköping, Sweden. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.

For more information, please contact:

Steve Johnson, President, Ingate Systems
(603) 883-6569
steve.johnson@ingate.com

Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
hillary@ingate.com

Hilary Tomasson, Director, Corporate Marketing, BroadSoft
(240) 364-5147
htomasson@broadsoft.com