Open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C): Polycom, Inc today announced interoperability with BroadSoft® UC services.

Henceforth  BroadSoft® UC services are available across the Polycom® VVX® Business Media Phone portfolio, and will enable Internet telephony providers to now offer enhancements to directory and presence features.

The support for BroadSoft UC services aims to simplify the enterprise experience,

providing a richer feature set for small and medium-sized users.

The BroadSoft features available on Polycom VVX Business Media Phones include now:  

• Access to the BroadSoft Enterprise Directory : users can see contact cards containing details such as work, extension, and mobile numbers of contacts. Users can also search the directory, as well as save contacts from the BroadSoft Enterprise Directory to the local contact directory on the phone.
• Access to BroadCloud® Presence: users can view presence status with their BroadSoft UC contacts.
• Ability to View Contacts as Favorites :  users can view their BroadCloud directory favorites in places such as the contact list or from the ‘Home’ view.

Polycom VVX Business Media Phones with support for BroadSoft UC services will be demonstrated this week in booth no. 4 at BroadSoft Connections 2013 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, and support for BroadSoft Unified Communications services already available worldwide on Polycom® VVX® 300, 310, 400, 410, 500 and 600 Business Media Phones. www.polycom.com.

About Polycom

Polycom is the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video collaboration, trusted by more than 415,000 customers around the world. Polycom solutions are powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich APIs that interoperate with the broadest set of communication, business, mobile and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration in any environment. Polycom and its ecosystem of over 7,000 partners provide truly unified communications solutions that deliver the best user experience, highest multi-vendor interoperability, and lowest TCO.