Nature of Business

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Nature of Business

1. Nature of Business

BroadSoft, Inc. (“BroadSoft” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, was formed in 1998. The Company is the leading global provider of software and services that enable mobile, fixed-line and cable service providers to deliver hosted, or cloud-based, Unified Communications and other voice and multimedia services over their Internet protocol-based networks. The Company’s core communications platform consists of three offerings: BroadWorks, BroadCloud and BroadTouch.