CORRECTED-Cisco nears deal to acquire BroadSoft -source
October 23, 2017 at 07:55 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc , the world’s largest networking gear manufacturer, is nearing a deal to buy U.S. telecommunications software firm BroadSoft Inc for close to $2 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday.