February 20, 2006

By Staff

Vonage is launching virtual numbers with area codes from Austria France, the Replublic of Ireland, Italy and Spain. This gives Vonage customers in the UK, US and Canada a European 'presence', allowing friends, family and business associates based abroad to call them for the cost of a local call.

February 20, 2006

By Eric Gwinn

Now is the time to hang up that landline and switch to Internet phone.

It may sound futuristic, but using an Internet phone service is as simple as plugging the phone you have now into an adapter, then plugging that adapter into your broadband network and calling any other phone in the world, even cell phones.

Why, you ask, would anyone do this? Because it's cheap.

Saving money is the key to Internet phone calls. Because Congress doesn't tax the Internet the same way it taxes phone lines, calls over the Internet are cheaper than traditional calls.

February 19, 2006

By Jason Saine

Vonage America, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, last week announced that almost all of its customers have basic 911 service and a majority of them have Enhanced 911 - a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party’s telephone number.

In just 90 days, Vonage has equipped an additional 1,061 locally run calling centers, in over 360 new counties, with E911 capabilities, which brings the total number of calling centers within the 911 service area to over 3180.

February 17, 2006

By Staff

As Voice over IP (VoIP) continues to grow in popularity, you can expect to see a raft of new related products hitting the shelves over the next few months. Vonage is keen to promote its VoIP service as a viable alternative to traditional landline calling and is about to launch the Wifi Phone in conjunction with handset manufacturer Utstarcom - it’s actually been available in the US for some time now.

The Wifi Phone is about the same size as most mobiles and features a Nokiastyle button layout.

February 16, 2006

By Staff

Bombardier Rookie of the Year candidates Marco Andretti and Paul Dana completed a successful two-day test at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Feb. 15.

IRL officials conducted the test in order to evaluate each rookie driver in traffic. Veteran driver Michael Andretti also participated in the test.

“It was a fun two days,” Marco Andretti said. “The purpose of our test was to give me some time running the No. 26 ArcaEx car in traffic, and we accomplished that. I got to run wheel-to-wheel with dad and then we ran some laps with Paul Dana, as well.”