Cisco to buy BroadSoft in $1.9bn deal

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Cisco to push into unified communications cloud services with agreed Broadsoft buy

Cisco has agreed a $1.9bn deal for telecoms software company BroadSoft, a move that confirms reports over the weekend of Cisco's interest in acquiring the company. The primary aim of the acquisi...

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