Full-Featured Flat-Rate Calling Comes to the Capital of the Hawkeye State

EDISON, N.J., /PRNewswire/ Vonage Holdings Corp., the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced local availability of its service in Des Moines, Iowa.

High-speed Internet subscribers nestled along the Boone and Raccoon Rivers can now take advantage of Vonage’s broadband phone service offering free unlimited local and long distance calling. Each plan includes the most popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage customers in the Des Moines area can now keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (515) and (641) area codes.

«Vonage is blazing the trail for affordable, full-featured phone service in Iowa’s capital city,» said Jeffrey A. Citron, chairman & CEO of Vonage Holdings Corp. «Our presence in Des Moines gives consumers and small businesses the option to choose a phone service that provides a great alternative to high-priced, low value traditional phone service from the incumbents.»

Using the latest technology, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with residential and business calling plans:

-- $14.99/month — Residential Basic Plan — 500 minutes of local, toll and
long distance calling throughout the United States and Canada.
-- $24.99/month — Residential Premium Unlimited Plan — unlimited calling
throughout the 50 United States and Canada anytime, anywhere.
-- $39.99/month — Small Business Basic Plan — 1500 minutes of calling
throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax
line.
-- $49.99/month — Small Business Unlimited Plan — unlimited calling
throughout the United States and Canada, including a free dedicated fax
line.

Services and hardware included for free on any of the above plans:

• Voicemail * Call hunt
  
• Caller ID * Call transfer
  
• Call waiting * Repeat dialing
  
• Call forwarding * Bandwidth saver
  
• Call return (*69) * Area code selection
  
• Caller ID block (*67) * International call block
  
• Web-based account management * Linksys RT31P2 Device
  -- Real-time billing activity * Great international calling rates:
  -- Online voicemail retrieval -- Tel Aviv 4 cents per minute
  -- Real-time inbound/outbound -- London 3 cents per minute
  call record details -- Sydney 4 cents per minute
  

About Vonage®

Vonage is redefining communications by offering consumers and small businesses an affordable alternative to traditional telephone service. The fastest growing telephony company in North America, Vonage’s service area encompasses more than 1950 active rate centers in over 125 global markets. Vonage is sold directly through [ >>> ] and retail partners such as Amazon.com, RadioShack, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Fry’s Electronics and Office Depot. Wholesale partners such as EarthLink, ARMSTRONG®, Advanced Cable Communications and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities resell the Vonage broadband phone service under their own unique brands. With more than 300,000 lines in service, Vonage continues to add more than 30,000 lines per month to its network. Over 5 million calls per week are made using Vonage, the easy-to-use, feature-rich, flat rate phone service. Vonage is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more information about Vonage’s products and services, please visit [ >>> ] or call 1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage®, Vonage Digital Voice™, Toll Free Plus(SM) and Virtual Phone Number(SM) are trademarks of Vonage Holdings Corp.