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Vonage Profile and History

Vonage is one of the leading providers of VoIP network. It is a publicly held commercial voice over IP (VoIP) network and SIP Company that offers telephone service through a broadband connection.  The company’s name is derived from their motto” Voice-Over-Net-AGE”.

Vonage was founded in Jan 2001 at Edison, New Jersey in the United States.  At present, the headquarters of Vonage is located in Holmdel, New Jersey. Vonage is providing the VoIP services to its subscribers across the United States. The company saw its massive expansion into Canada in April 2004 and began offering its services into United Kingdom in January 2005.

Vonage is recognised as the leading Broadband Phone Company in the U.S. and it is at the forefront of internet phone development. It has done aggressive marketing campaigns in the United States, UK, Canada and other countries globally.

The key people of the company include Marc P. Lefar (CEO), John S.Rego (CFO) and Louis Mamakos (CTO).  There are over 1600 employees of the Vonage globally.

Vonage Features

Vonage provides a lot of useful features like Vonage Visual Voicemail, Caller ID with Name, Call Waiting, Voicemail Plus, Call Transfer, and Call Waiting with Caller ID, Vonage Online Account, Network Availability Number, and Enhanced Call Forwarding, SimulRing, 3-Way Calling, Caller ID Block, Call Return, Do Not Disturb, Anonymous Call Block, Repeat Dialling, International & Directory Assistance Block, Call Hunt, Ring Lists, Vonage Access, Bandwidth Saver ®, Click-2-Call ®, 211 Dialling, 311 dialling, Enhanced 411, 511 Travelling Information, 711 Dialling, 811 Dialling, 1-700-WEATHER, 1-700-GREETINGS, Refer-A-Friend ®, Money Back Guarantee, Move Your Number, Number for Life, In-Network Calls, 24/7 Support, etc

Vonage Benefits

  • Subscribers can make call across the world at a cheaper rates.
  • Vonage adapter is portable and can be carried whenever one is travelling.
  • Vonage offer the advantage of keeping the same existing number and majority of the numbers can be transferred to Vonage.
  • Subscribers are allowed to choose any number in the country of the service they are subscribed.
  • Vonage provides ‘virtual numbers’ in Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe for its customer. It is of great help for the Businesses with international client base.
  • Routers with phone ports can be plugged into the internet anywhere in the world.

Vonage Service Requirements

Customers are required to purchase the “Vonage” branded “VoIP router” / a Vonage phone adapter that connects to their main router or broadband modem.  Additionally customers should ensure access to reliable/QoS optimized connection and upload speed of 90–200 kbit/s to make calls without any sort of substantial lag.

Vonage’s service can be purchased over the web and via national retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. These services are available to customers in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

Vonage promotes the usage of internet for making calls. Vonage phone service provides unlimited local and long distance calls to call the numbers worldwide at surprisingly low rates and over a clear, reliable connection. The usage of Vonage VOIP is extremely easy and is very cheap.

One may visit the following link for further details about the Vonage’s products and services:

http://www.vonage.com.

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