UPDATE 1-Cisco to buy BroadSoft in $1.9 bln deal
October 23, 2017 at 08:38 AM EDT
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc will buy U.S. telecommunications software company BroadSoft Inc in a deal valued at $1.9 billion, as the world's largest networking gear producer shifts from its stagnating legacy business of switches and routers.