Online telephony appears to be gaining momentum in the US, according to research from the Pew Center. Nearly 1/4 of adult Internet users in the US (24%) have placed phone calls online. That amounts to 19% of all American adults….
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Vonage Launches Free Facebook Calling
Facebook users can now phone their “friends’ with just a click, or touch, thanks to Vonage, which launched a Facebook app that enables them to do so for free yesterday. The Vonage Mobile App for Facebook can be downloaded for…
Vonage Receives Long Distance Virtual Number Patent
HOLMDEL, N.J., March 19, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks, today announced the grant of a virtual phone number patent. The patent…
Vonage is Still Kicking
VoIP pioneer Vonage is still alive and kicking. In fact, they made a profit in 4Q09, their first profitable quarter for the year. Considering Vonage has been labeled “dead man walking” on more than one occasion, it’s noteworthy to see…
Vonage Mobile App for iPhone, Smartphones Goes Live
Vonage Mobile Provides International Calling at Low Rates through Wi-Fi and Cellular Networks HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct 05, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Today Vonage (NYSE: VG) launched Vonage Mobile, its first mobile calling application for smartphones. Vonage Mobile…
Vonage Keeps Hanging On
Give Vonage some credit. Many an obituary has been written about the company, yet they keep hanging on. Vonage’s latest financial results even reveals a $5 million profit, although it came about from a unique occurrence – a $13 million…
Vonage Attempts to Bridge Home Phone and Softphone
Vonage launched VonagePro which allows customers to utilize a Vonage softphone in synch with their home phone. VonagePro keeps customers “connected” by allowing simultaneous ring of a customer’s home phone and softphone. The softphone client, branded as Vonage Companion, resides…
Vonage Gets Another Temporary Lifeline
Vonage has a deal in principle to refinance the debt that is threatening to bankrupt the company later this year in December. A new financing deal structure will be lead by Silver Point Finance. It’s a fairly complex deal, requiring…
Comcast and Vonage Shake Hands on Network Management
Comcast and Vonage announced a “cooling off” agreement, where the two competitors will “address the reasonable network management of Internet services.” The move by Comcast is a response to their recent bandwidth throttling strategy, which raised eyebrows at the FCC….
Vonage Enters DSL Resale Business
Vonage announced they will begin marketing DSL service through a reseller arrangement with Covad. The new service will be branded Vonage Broadband, and is expected to be offered by the end of the year. Vonage will offer two DSL packages,…
Vonage Thrown a Lifeline
Vonage, the VoIP service provider pioneer, has apparently been given a lifeline by some unnamed financiers. Vonage has $253 million in debt due this coming December, and it’s widely believed that it could be a crippling blow to the company…
Vonage Outlook Getting Dimmer
The speculation of Vonage’s demise has been present almost since the company’s founding. There’s probably an odds book in Vegas on the subject. The Wall Street Journal is adding some fuel to the speculation with a recent article that highlights…
