NEWS: Vonage Launches New Mobile App Providing Free Calling and Texting

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Vonage Mobile® is a free downloadable app for iPhone® and Android™ that lets users talk and text worldwide for FREE with anyone else who uses the app(1). The app is available globally.  When calling people who don't have the app, users getultra low-cost calling worldwide with per-minute rates that are on average 70% less than major mobile carriers and 30% less than Skype(2). 

Vonage Mobile is intuitive.  The app uses the phone's existing mobile number and contact list, eliminating the need for unique user names and duplicate identities for contacts.  Users can also instantly build a FREE global calling and texting network using the app's multi-invite system from their existing contacts.  They don't need to be a Vonage customer to use the app.

While some other apps have delivered one or two core communications features such as free on-net calling or messaging, or traditional international long distance calling, no one has successfully integrated all these features into one, easy-to-use application... until now. 

Vonage Mobile users can instantly add calling credit through their existing iTunes® or Android™ Market accounts in increments of $4.99 and $9.99.  In addition, calls toany phone in the United States, Canada or Puerto Ricofrom anywhere in the world will be FREE for a limited time*.

(1) Data rates may apply.

(2)Based on per-minute rates to the top 50 countries called. Comparison reflects published rates of leading mobile carriers in markets representing the majority of iPhone and Android users.

* Limited time free calling offer to the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico is for personal, non-commercial calling and excludes calls to certain geographic locations, premium and special services numbers, satellite telephony services and other call forwarding services.  Not to exceed 3000 minutes per month.

SOUNDBITES: 

• Leesa Eichberger, VP, Marketing and Advertising, Vonage
• Anthony Russo, Director of Product Management for Mobile Applications, Vonage
• MOS

B-ROLL INCLUDES: ***Vonage Mobile on an Android Phone***Vonage Mobile on an iPhone***

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SOURCE Vonage