Revolutionizing telecom solutions since 2011

We spent years inside the large vendors watching signaling get buried, deprioritized, and left to age. In 2011, we left and built what operators actually needed.

Who we are

Trusted globally. Proven in the field.

At BroadForward we are passionate about delivering world-class software, recognized for being the smartest choice for communication service providers, vendors and integrators, supporting each in solving their particular signaling challenges and advancing their competitive offerings.

At BroadForward, we want to be known for our knowledge and expertise, innovation and leadership, high-quality standards, drive and passion to support our customers, reliability and accountability, and our enthusiasm and eagerness to be successful in one of the hottest areas in the telecoms industry.

25% years of experience
9 Best Mobile Technology nominations in the last 10 years
Top Champion rating from Kaleido

Through the years

Big infrastructure. Direct impact.

2026

Year 15

15 years in signaling! Something is changing!

2025

Year 14

Ninth GLOMO win for the world’s first cloud enabled STP and Third Kaleido Champion rating

2024

Year 13

Eighth GLOMO nomination — BFX Cloud IoT Connectivity and Second Kaleido Champion rating BroadForward GSMA member!

2023

Year 12

Seventh GLOMO nomination — world’s first Signaling Firewall with intelligent velocity tracking and First Kaleido Champion rating for signaling security

2022

Year 11

BICS + BroadForward SEPP power world’s first 5G Standalone roaming connection

2021

Year 10

Sixth GLOMO nomination — and win — for BFX Unified Signaling Core

2020

Year 9

BroadForward announces the world's first cloud-enabled STP

2019

Year 8

Vodafone Roaming Services adopts BFX Multi-IMSI Routing for sponsored roaming

2017

Year 7

Named Telco Cloud Innovator by ABI Research

2016

Year 6

iconectiv, world’s largest Number Portability provider picks BroadForward Number Portability Gateway

2015

Year 5

Second GLOMO nomination — world’s first productized 3G–4G interworking

2014

Year 4

BroadForward announces the BFX Diameter Signaling Controller, the world’s first software-designed DRA

2013

Year 3

First live MAP–Diameter Interworking deployment

2012

Year 2

BFX Unified Signaling Core announced — world’s first productized interworking engine

2011

Launch

Launch of BroadForward in December 2011

Meet the Management team

Over 100 years of telecom experience combined

Alex Mercer

Chief Executive Officer

Liam Johnson

CEO

Maya Thompson

Head of Operations

Sophia Lee

Director of Sales

3 Job openings

News & Insights

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Real deployment, real results

Wireless Logic, Türk Telekom International, Cubic Telecom — see how operators use BroadForward today.

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Technology and channel partners who deliver and integrate BroadForward solutions worldwide.

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