[January 18, 2006]

Vonage(R) Now Provides Emergency 911 Service in Over 2100 Calling Centers Across the Nation

HOLMDEL, N.J., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced that it has turned on emergency 911 service in over 2100 PSAPs across the country. In just one week, Vonage equipped an additional 95 calling centers, in over 40 new counties, with 911 calling capabilities.

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.
"In just over a month, we have turned up E911 service in over 200 counties and 430 PSAPs across the nation," said Jeffrey A. Citron, Vonage's Chairman and CEO. "Our goal is to get every Vonage customer help when they need it, and we will continue working with the FCC, regulators, Congress and public safety until there is equal access to E911 for Vonage customers."
"When we started working with Vonage this past July, E911 service for VoIP customers was almost non-existent in Maryland," said Gordon Deans, Executive Director of Maryland's Emergency Number Systems Board. "Nonetheless, Vonage began an aggressive E911 implementation program in our state, and as E911 routing and testing was conducted, we found that Vonage's E911 testing process thoroughly addressed our concerns, while having minimal or no impact on the emergency operations of Maryland's primary PSAPs. In fact, the Vonage VoIP E911 testing process was so responsive that it has become the standard for future testing in Maryland."
Since January 10th, Vonage has added more than 90 PSAPs in the following counties -- bringing the total number of calling centers with emergency 911 service to over 2100:
STATE COUNTIES FCC ID --
'PSAP
IDENTIFIER'

Colorado Arapahoe 1168

Connecticut Hartford 1423

Florida Hillsborough 1571, 1631,
1669, 1671, 1676

Maryland Queen Anne's 3231

Missouri Franklin 3808, 3957

Missouri Linn 3759

Missouri St. Francois 3935

Missouri St. Louis 3746, 3757,
3791, 3797,
3910, 3807,
3817, 3838,
3859, 3949,
3951, 3753,
3790, 3806,
3842, 3882,
3887, 3930,
3945, 3809

Texas Atascosa 2236

Texas Bastrop 6423

Texas Bell 6432

Texas Blanco 6441

Texas Bazoria 6825

Texas Brenham 6452

Texas Caldwell 6467, 6741

Texas Collin 6390, 6591, 6763

Texas Dallas 6420, 6895, 6491
6603

Texas Denton 6475, 6538,
6580, 6711,
6946, 6537

Texas Dewitt 2309

Texas Ellis 6568, 6775,
6850, 6981

Texas Fayette 6578

Texas Fort Bend 6780, 6854,
6870, 6921,
6928

Texas Frio 2344

Texas Gillespie 2352

Texas Goliad 2354

Texas Gonzales 2355

Texas Grimes 6620

Texas Harris 6592

Texas Hays 6637

Texas Hidalgo 6569

Texas Jackson 5356

Texas Karnes 6685

Texas Lampasas 6717

Texas Lavaca 5361

Texas Lee 6725

Texas Medina 6766

Texas Navaro 6511, 6796

Texas Swisher 2580

Texas Tarrant 2392

Texas Travis 6828

Texas Webb 6721

Texas Williamson 6481, 6724,
6937, 7003,
6871

Texas Wilson 2609

Texas Victoria 2587

Vermont Chittenden 7237

Vermont Franklin 7239

About Vonage (R)

Vonage is a pioneer in the broadband phone industry, setting the standard for pricing, features, call quality and reliability for the entire VoIP category. Vonage's award winning service is sold on the web and through national retailers like SAM's Club, Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Fry's Electronics, Office Depot and CompUSA. Vonage Holdings Corporation 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.
First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact:
Vonage

CONTACT: Mitchell Slepian, +1-732-528-2677, mitchell.slepian@vonage.com,or Chris Murray, +1-202-295-8783, chris.murray@vonage.com, both of Vonage

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