communications,  today announced a powerful new solution for mobile professionals that unifies mobile IM with mobile telephony and enterprise VoIP platforms, enabling instant escalation of chat sessions to phone calls or conferences on handheld devices. WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadSoft’s BroadWorks® VoIP application platform significantly enhances the real-time collaboration experience for mobile professionals, while dramatically reducing the cost of international dialing from mobile phones.

WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadWorks is being demonstrated this week in the BroadSoft booth at the Spring 2008 VON.x Conference & Exposition in San Jose, Calif. WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadWorks will be available this summer from WebMessenger and via the new BroadSoft Xtended Marketplace, an online community where enterprises and end users can access applications, participate in discussion forums and share integration ideas with developers.

“WebMessenger is laser-focused on delivering a mobile unified communications experience to enterprise customers,” said Joe Naylor, President for WebMessenger. “WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadWorks simplifies IT deployment of enterprise mobile IM and VoIP solutions, and empowers mobile professionals to communicate out of the office in the exact same way they are accustomed to communicating at their desks. By combining mobile IM and voice in a single solution, WebMessenger is helping enterprises extend their investments in real-time collaboration platforms from Microsoft, IBM, Research In Motion, and others, while filling a major void in the emerging mobile unified communications market.”

“Our BroadSoft Xtended enables innovative companies and developers to create new solutions that incorporate our advanced voice and video calling features,” said Michael Lauricella, director of the Xtended program for BroadSoft. “WebMessenger is using the BroadWorks platform to develop valuable, real-time solutions for mobile business users.”

WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadWorks extends the most critical call-control capabilities provided by the BroadWorks platform to BlackBerrys, Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 smartphones. Key features and benefits of the new solution include:

1. One-click escalation of person-to-person and group chats to VoIP dialing and conference calls
2. Dramatically reduced international dialing charges from mobile phones
3. Direct-extension dialing to colleagues from mobile phones
4. Cross-application presence awareness functionality
5. Mobile access to corporate directory and secure integration to Active Directory for single sign-on capability
6. View call history; receive voicemail notifications anytime, anywhere; create international profiles; manage a single phone number
7. Easily change telephony service settings such as Simultaneous Ring, Call Forward All, Call Forward No Answer, Call Forward Busy, Do Not Disturb, and Remote Office

WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadWorks may be deployed on-premise or as a hosted service, and can be used by itself or in conjunction with other WebMessenger Mobile solutions. WebMessenger Mobile Voice for BroadWorks hosted pricing will start at $4.95 per month, not including a one-time seat-license fee.

Information Source:    Business Wire