Vonage Drops Select International Call Rates to a Penny-Per-Minute

HOLMDEL, N.J., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In an effort to pass more savings to its customers, Vonage has dropped its already low-priced international calling rates to just one cent per minute in certain locations. The move means an even cheaper way for customers to keep in touch with family and friends in different countries.

Vonage's new international calling rates will be available for new and existing customers in the US and Canada. Areas include locations in Argentina, Australia, China, Mexico, Singapore, Israel, Poland, and Sweden. See chart below for details.

"Vonage is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to save our customers even more money," said Vonage CEO, Mike Snyder. "We have dropped our international rates as low as possible because we understand that many customers choose Vonage as a cheap and easy way to stay in touch with family scattered around the globe."

In addition to these new penny-per-minute rates, Vonage also offers free international calling to France, Italy, Ireland, UK, and Spain with Residential and Small Business Premium Unlimited Plans. Vonage includes free calling within the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada with all plans.

For complete details regarding international calling rates for all available locations, please visit our website at http://www.vonage.com/. **Some exclusions apply. Please refer to our website for all available rates and locations.

  Country    City          Current Calling Rate        Previous Calling Rate

  Argentina  Buenos Aires                                5 cents per minute
  Australia  Sydney                                      5 cents per minute
  China      All                                        10 cents per minute
  Mexico     Guadalajara     1 cent per minute           7 cents per minute
  Mexico     Mexico City                                 7 cents per minute
  Mexico     Monterrey                                   7 cents per minute
  Singapore  All                                         5 cents per minute
  Israel     All             1 cent per minute           6 cents per minute
  Poland     All            (excluding cellular          6 cents per minute
  Sweden     All             and premium calls)          6 cents per minute


  About Vonage

Vonage (NYSE: VG) is a leading provider of broadband telephone services with over 2.2 million subscriber lines. Our award-winning technology enables anyone to make and receive phone calls with a touch tone telephone almost anywhere a broadband Internet connection is available. We offer feature-rich and cost-effective communication services that offer users an experience similar to traditional telephone services.

Our Residential Premium Unlimited and Small Business Unlimited calling plans offer consumers unlimited local and long distance calling, and popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail -- for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage's service is sold on the web and through national retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target and is available to customers in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit http://www.vonage.com/.

Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey. Vonage(R) is a registered trademark of Vonage Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp.