EDISON, N.J. -- Vonage Holdings Corp, the leading provider of broadband phone service, today announced an agreement with Verizon to access elements of the wireless and wireline Enhanced 9-1-1 network to offer its customers E9-1-1 service. As a result of a successful collaboration between the two companies, Vonage will able to deliver both caller’s location and call back number to emergency services personnel for 911 calls placed throughout Verizon’s territory. Verizon is the first ILEC to work closely with any nomadic VoIP service to ensure emergency calling keeps pace with VoIP technology.

“Verizon is a responsible steward of the E9-1-1 public trust, through their foresight Vonage is able to implement an E9-1-1 solution that will serve all customers,” said Jeffrey A. Citron, Vonage’s CEO. “Unlike other ILECs, Verizon has not recommended Vonage use a CLEC for call delivery, as they recognize the significant limitations of this solution, as it does not accommodate for mobile customers or VoIP users on non-local phone numbers. It is important that all Vonage customers can use this solution, those with native phone numbers and those who chose phone numbers from other areas.”

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