Vonage Now Provides Enhanced 911 Service to 70% of its Subscriber Lines
HOLMDEL, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage America, a subsidiary of
Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of Internet telephony service, today
announced that more than one million subscriber lines now have Enhanced 911
(E911)* service - a feature that automatically associates a physical address
with the calling party's telephone number.
In June, the FCC gave Vonage, and all Internet-based phone service
companies, 120 days to create an E911 system from scratch, and provide all of
its customers, wherever they are in the U.S., with E911 service. In that
amount of time, Vonage worked closely with local 911 centers, also known as
Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), across the country to turn on E911 for
as many customers as it could. Currently, Vonage continues to test and turn
up new PSAPs which are VoIP-ready every day and will continue to do so until
Vonage customers have access to E911.
"With one million subscriber lines turned up with E911 service in just 9
months, Vonage is leading the fastest nomadic E911 deployment in
telecommunications history," said Jeffrey A. Citron, Vonage's chairman and
chief strategist. "Our goal is to get every Vonage customer help when they
need it and we will not stop working with the FCC, regulators, Congress and
PSAPs until there is equal access to E911 for Vonage's customers."
* In the event Vonage is unable to connect to the 911 system or for
customers who are using mobile devices such as Wi-Fi phones or softclients,
Vonage offers a national emergency call center which enables customers to get
local help when they need it.
About Vonage(R)
Vonage is a pioneer in the Internet telephony industry. Vonage's award
winning service is sold on the web and through national retailers. Vonage
Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey. For more information
about Vonage's products and services, please visit http://www.vonage.com or
call 1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage(R) is a trademark of Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary
of Vonage Holdings Corp.
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mitchell.slepian@vonage.com, or Chris Murray, +1-202-295-8783,
chris.murray@vonage.com, both of Vonage
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