CounterPath Solutions,, announced that its eyeBeamTM 1.5 softphone is compliant with the BroadWorks platform by BroadSoft, a leading provider of VoIP application software.

The interoperability of CounterPath's eyeBeam 1.5 with the BroadWorks platform allows customers to enjoy seamless, high-quality audio and video calls, conference calls and call transfers, thereby giving service providers greater solution flexibility.

CounterPath's innovative eyeBeam 1.5 softphone combines Voice, Video, IM (Instant Messaging) and Presence functionalities, making it the leading choice among VoIP service providers and manufacturers. BroadSoft's BroadWorks VoIP application platform supports hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile PBX, Voice VPN, and collaborative conferencing.

The comprehensive testing on the BroadWorks platform included an examination of interoperability with the Application Server, Network Server, Media Server and ComPilot Call Manager, all of which proved successful.

"To help make our Carrier customers successful in the market, we need to help them balance the economic, infrastructure, and social costs of implementing their VoIP solutions," said Geoffrey K. Hicks, vice president of operations for BroadSoft. "By conducting interoperability testing with innovative companies like CounterPath, who are members of our BroadSoft Access Partner program, we are able to enhance and strengthen our portfolio of SIP-based voice solutions, thereby giving our customers a wider range of choice and flexibility when architecting their VoIP solution suites."

Donovan Jones, President and COO of CounterPath, credited the smooth interoperability testing to CounterPath's conformance with industry protocol standards, saying, "SIP standards compliance, to which our team is dedicated, ensures interoperability with off-the-shelf solution components and applications from other vendors that conform to SIP standards."

He continued, "We are pleased to be working with BroadSoft, a pioneer in VoIP network communications platforms, and are excited about the expanded range of choice that our joint partnership brings to the service provider industry. Our customers are consistently seeking a simplified infrastructure that helps reduce operating costs yet provides more feature rich applications, greater flexibility and a secure and robust communications environment. This partnership is yet another indicator of how the community of Hardware Manufacturers and Software vendors are coming together to give our customers choice."