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Vonage VoIP App Approved by Apple

Tuesday September 1, 2009 4:16 pm PDT by Marianne Schultz
Vonage, a digital phone services provider, has put out a brief press release stating that Apple has approved its iPhone app. The app is not yet available in the App Store and Vonage notes that it "is currently conducting a beta test and general availability will be announced at a later date."

It was revealed just last week that Vonage had submitted an iPhone app to the App Store for approval. The Vonage app will join the Skype app in offering VoIP connectivity to iPhone users and will likely share its Wi-Fi-only restriction. This restriction is required by an agreement with AT&T to not allow customers to use AT&T's network to initiate or terminate VoIP sessions, which was divulged recently in Apple's response to an FCC inquiry surrounding its purported rejection of the Google Voice app.
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iphones4evry1
Posted: 36 months ago
"The Vonage app will join the Skype app in offering VoIP connectivity to iPhone users and will likely share its Wi-Fi-only restriction."

Cool. Makes perfect sense. :apple:

Power to the Wi-Fi !!!!!!! :cool:
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SFStateStudent
Posted: 36 months ago
Little late, but I'm sure a welcome app for many. I just find Skype to meet my needs.....:cool:
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guru_ck
Posted: 36 months ago
Did anyone see their stock? Up 46% afterhours.

The power of :apple:
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alent1234
Posted: 36 months ago

Little late, but I'm sure a welcome app for many. I just find Skype to meet my needs.....:cool:



how much is it to call landlines or people who don't have skype?
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djdole
Posted: 36 months ago
Hypocrisy, thine name is Apple. :rolleyes:
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coolbreeze
Posted: 36 months ago

how much is it to call landlines or people who don't have skype?


I don't use it much, but I can call landlines in the US from the US via Skpye for free.

I use Skype for all my 1-800 conference calls during the day. It's actually a more reliable connection that ATT in my home.

Figures.
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bacaramac
Posted: 36 months ago
I have vonage for both my home phone and my business line. I am guessing this will work the same as their softphone software which is great news for me. I can get rid of my main line and just pay 9.99 a month for a softline since both my wife and I have iPhones.

Can't wait to see the features of this. Hopefully Vonage doesn't screw everyone and come out with some stupid plan that requires a home line to get a softline. Looking on their website it looks like new customers have to have the main line to get a softline, but my account still lets me add just a softline without having it tied to my home line.
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Snowy_River
Posted: 36 months ago
Well, I'm hoping that the app will be able to access the home line, without the need to spend the extra on a softline. We have a home line that it would be nice to be able to tap into from my iPod Touch from time to time when I'm elsewhere...
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iphones4evry1
Posted: 36 months ago

Well, I'm hoping that the app will be able to access the home line, without the need to spend the extra on a softline. We have a home line that it would be nice to be able to tap into from my iPod Touch from time to time when I'm elsewhere...


Can you answer your home phone using your iPod Touch (or iPhone) then?
For example, if you are in your house and your home phone is ringing but the phone is in another room, can you just pick up and answer using your iPod/iPhone?
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sirdir
Posted: 36 months ago
Apple, it's quite stupid to sell 'free' iPhones that can be used with providers that allow voip within their terms of service but then to forbid all applications that would do that.
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