BroadSoft, a provider of voice applications and servers, announced that enterprise users of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services based on BroadSoft's BroadWorks solution can now add voice services to any 802.11-enabled device, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), laptops and business phones.

BroadSoft said it is partnering with SJlabs, a provider of soft clients for mobile devices and industrial terminals, to develop this new application. This announcement also introduces SJlabs' SJphone, a Session Internet Protocol (SIP)-based soft client for PDAs.

The combination of technologies from these two developers is slated to enable users to get a complete suite of business telephony services over any PDA based on Microsoft's CE operating system within a wireless 802.11 network.

The companies also claim this new application also demonstrates how service providers can add new services when using BroadWorks standard and building block for developing and delivering communications services. "Our carrier customers are using BroadWorks because its broad portfolio of applications enables them to retain customers and attract new ones by providing innovative and reliable services. We believe the addition of Wi-Fi voice to PDAs is another example of how using BroadWorks can help service providers further differentiate themselves," said Michael Tessler, president and CEO of BroadSoft. He added that the combination of 802.11's broadband speed capabilities and BroadWorks' wide array of business services will enable PDAs to provide much more than traditional phone services.