VG - Sector: Technology---Industry: Diversified Communication Services

[Terliso]

Is anyone here tried or switched to vonage? it can save 50% on the phone bill
http://www.vonage.com/index.php?ic=1

Anyway, the stock came down fast the time of IPO & now VG is trading again above the 50sma which indicates the bottom has ended (most of the stocks works that way).




Today's news 10.17.06
Over 91% of Vonage U.S. Subscriber Lines Now Have E911
Vonage and PSAPs Continue Working Together to Turn Up E911 For Customers Across the U.S.


HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG - News), a leading Internet telephony provider, today announced that over 91% of its U.S. subscriber lines are now equipped with Enhanced 911 (E911) service -- a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number.
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In less than 30 days, Vonage has equipped an additional 80 locally-run emergency call centers across the U.S. with E911 -- bringing the total number of calling centers with emergency 911 service to over 5900.

Vonage's nomadic E911 solution gives customers the ability to reach a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), or 911 center, through the dedicated 911 network infrastructure. With Vonage's nomadic E911 solution, a customer's call is automatically routed to the appropriate 911 center, with the caller's registered street address and telephone number appearing on the dispatcher screen -- regardless of where or what exchange they are calling from. Vonage will continue to turn up and test new PSAPs that are VoIP-ready every day.

"Today over 91 percent of our U.S. subscriber lines have full E911 capability, which is a tremendous step for Vonage. The company will continue to work diligently to deploy E911 to its subscribers across the United States," said Vonage CEO Michael Snyder. "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 under 30 days, Vonage has added the following counties to its list of those with E911 capabilities -. bringing the total number of calling centers with emergency 911 service to over 5900.

*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, softclients, or the Vonage V-Phone, Vonage offers a national emergency call center which enables customers to get local help when they need it.

[Terliso]

Vonage Launches Service in West Virginia
Wednesday October 18, 8:00 am ET 
Local Area Code Selection now Available in the Mountain State


HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG - News), a leading provider of broadband telephone service, today announced that it now offers West Virginia's local area code.

High-speed Internet subscribers working and residing in the Appalachian Mountains can now take advantage of the Vonage® broadband phone service, which offers unlimited local and long distance calling and popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage customers in Appalachia can now keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (304) area code. Making their lives even simpler, Vonage allows its customers to personally control the way they communicate. No longer do they need to call their phone company when they want to make changes to their accounts, all they need to do is logon to their personal account and customize their phone service to meet their own needs.

"Akin to Mountaineers local and long distance calling will always be free when West Virginia residents sign up for Vonage's feature-rich, flat-rate Premium Unlimited Plan," said Michael Tribolet, president of Vonage America Inc. "We're providing more consumers in West Virginia broadband telephone service plans that include unlimited calling throughout the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the U.K. that includes all the features they need to let them communicate how and when they want. Unlike traditional carriers, Vonage allows its customers to take control of their phone service by offering them the ability to personally manage the way they make and receive their calls, whether they are home or on the go."

Utilizing its innovative technology, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with residential and business calling plans: *


    Vonage pricing plans and features*
    -- $14.99/month - Residential Basic 500 Minutes Plan - 500 minutes of
       local, toll and long distance calling throughout the 50 United States,
       Canada and Puerto Rico.
    -- $24.99/month - Residential Premium Unlimited Plan - unlimited calling
       throughout the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland,
       Italy, Spain and the U.K., anytime, anywhere.
    -- $39.99/month - Small Business Basic 1500 Minutes Plan - 1500 minutes of
       calling throughout the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico,
       including a dedicated fax line.
    -- $49.99/month - Small Business Unlimited Plan - unlimited calling
       throughout the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland,
       Italy, Spain and the U.K., including a dedicated fax line.
    -- Features included at no additional charge in all Vonage plans:
        - Voicemail
        - Caller ID
        - Call waiting Call forwarding
        - Call hunt
        - Call transfer
        - Call return (*69)
        - Caller ID block (*67)
        - Repeat dialing
        - Area code selection
        - Number mobility
        - Bandwidth saver
        - Web-based account management
        - Voicemail retrieval and real-time inbound/outbound calling activity
        - International calling at significantly reduced rates
           > Tel Aviv 5 a minute
           > Hong Kong 4 cents a minute
           > Sydney 5 cents a minute



Bought 1000 shares of VG let's see how this play out

[Terliso]

Vonage Expands Service in Florida
Thursday October 19, 8:00 am ET 
Local Area Code Selection Now Available in Gainesville, Bonita Springs and Milton, New Rate Centers also Added


HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG - News), a leading provider of broadband telephone service, today announced that it now offers local area code selection in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Clermont, Gainesville, Inverness, Leesburg and Milton, Florida. Furthermore, the company has also added new rate centers within the state, allowing customers to further localize their telephone number.

High-speed Internet subscribers working and residing in the Sunshine State can now take advantage of Vonage's broadband phone service, featuring unlimited local and long distance calling and popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail for one low, flat monthly rate. Vonage customers working and residing near the University of Florida or in Lake and Santa Rosa Counties can now keep their current numbers or choose telephone numbers within the popular (352), (239) and (850) area codes. Making their lives even simpler, Vonage allows its customers to personally control the way they communicate. No longer do they need to call their phone company when they want to make changes to their accounts, all they need to do is logon to their personal account and customize their phone service to meet their own needs.

A rate center is the geographic area used for issuing phone numbers. There can be many rate centers within one area code. This expansion offers subscribers the opportunity to further localize their telephone number, as they are now able to select numbers from towns more representative of their geographic location or maintain their own phone number within their own popular are code. The new rate centers offered within the state of Florida include: Hobe Sound, Jensen Beach and Sebastian, and are all within the (352) area code. The company also added the following rate centers within the (386) area code: Deland and Daytona Beach. Vonage continues to offer area code selection throughout the following Florida locations: Boynton Beach, Cape Canaveral, Clearwater, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Key Largo, Key West, Kissimmee, Lakehurst, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg and Tampa.

"With Vonage's greater expansion into the Sunshine State, we now offer residents of Florida more options, including greater area code selection and increased ability to localize or keep their own phone number when they sign up for Vonage's feature-rich, flat-rate calling plans" said Michael Tribolet, president of Vonage America Inc. "We're providing more consumers in throughout Florida broadband telephone service plans that include unlimited calling throughout the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the U.K. that includes all the features they need to let them communicate how and when they want. Unlike traditional carriers, Vonage allows its customers to take control of their phone service by offering them the ability to personally manage the way they make and receive their calls, whether they are home or on the go."

Vonage offers E911, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number to 91% of its subscribers nationwide. This service is currently offered to 99% of Vonage's Florida subscribers.

Utilizing its innovative technology, Vonage sets the standard for the new generation of phone service with residential and business calling plans: *


    Vonage pricing plans and features*

    -- $14.99/month -- Residential Basic 500 Minutes Plan -- 500 minutes of
       local, toll and long distance calling throughout the 50 United States,
       Canada and Puerto Rico.

    -- $24.99/month -- Residential Premium Unlimited Plan -- unlimited calling
       throughout the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland,
       Italy, Spain and the U.K., anytime, anywhere.

    -- $39.99/month -- Small Business Basic 1500 Minutes Plan -- 1500 minutes
       of calling throughout the 50 United States, Canada and Puerto Rico,
       including a dedicated fax line.

    -- $49.99/month -- Small Business Unlimited Plan -- unlimited calling
       throughout the 50 United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Ireland,
       Italy, Spain and the U.K., including a dedicated fax line.

    -- Features included at no additional charge in all Vonage plans:

       - Voicemail
       - Caller ID
       - Call waiting Call forwarding
       - Call hunt
       - Call transfer
       - Call return (*69)
       - Caller ID block (*67)
       - Repeat dialing
       - Area code selection
       - Number mobility
       - Bandwidth saver
       - Web-based account management
       - Voicemail retrieval and real-time inbound/outbound calling activity
       - International calling at significantly reduced rates
         > Tel Aviv 5 a minute
         > Hong Kong 4 cents a minute
         > Sydney 5 cents a minute

    Vg-a

* Vonage 911 service operates differently than traditional 911. See www.vonage.com/911 for details. Monthly rates exclude fees for activation, premium services, regulatory recovery fees & taxes. International calls are billed per minute. First Month Free offer only available for the $24.99 Unlimited Plan and covers only the monthly cost of the plan, other charges & taxes may apply. Credit card & high-speed Internet req'd. Other restrictions may apply. See www.Vonage.com for complete Terms of Service & details.

[Ares]

Vonage up at least 25 cents from the open.
I wonder if this is going to get a short squeeze.

[nullzero]

VG may go to sub 1.00 soon with the news out today.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/06/technology/vonage.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

[setravis]

Looks to have formed a small double bottom...
Big move, Big Volume.

Peter Michaels, President of Hop-on, considers this a major victory for those who actually design these products, and not simply infringe on smaller companies' ideas. "The utilization by market leaders dedicating billions in vast resources developed my product at record speed. The visual appearance test set forth in other recent court decisions could prove evidence my design reaped millions for those who infringed. Based on almost three years of extensive research, it appears Hop-on's design predates all existing patents and will finally allow shareholders of this company to reap the benefits of their invention. We have a fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders to ensure appropriate returns on their significant investment of our new designs. This patent reflects the recognition our designs deserve and enables protection of our intellectual property portfolio."

52wk Range: 2.85 - 17.25
Volume: 25,610,160
Avg Vol (3m): 1,955,860

Technicals
Most Actives
Percentage Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
16.93%above 13-day MA
-8.82%below 50-day MA
RS Rating: 3 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $464.61 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: -0.126829 
Next Earnings: 05/16/2007
Last Analyst Rating: Sell

[calven]

Id look to short this after the short term squeeze plays out - shorts getting  pawned here. Ultimately I think bankruptcy will play out with vonage...

[oscar2519]

Some say Sprint will buy Vonage. Maybe that's why this puppy is running hard today

[setravis]

oscar2519, You have been ask. Now consider this you only warning.
Cease with all the capital letters in the title of the threads you start, and do not create new threads when one already exist !!



"VG" Threads have been Merged.
Please use the search before starting new threads on a Stock Pick.
Chances are a thread already exist.
So why not post whatever you have to comment about on that pick to that thread.
"Simplicity" My fellow traders.                                                     
All history on a stock pick in 1 thread is awesome.                                                       
Just trying to get threads together,so we don't have a numerous amount floating around on the same stock.                                                   
Thank You....and good luck with all your trades....make some $$$         

[setravis]

AP
Vonage Settles Patent Suit With Sprint
Monday October 8, 10:34 am ET 
Vonage Settles Sprint Nextel Patent Suit for $80M; Shares Jump


NEW YORK (AP) -- Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. on Monday took a step back from the brink, saying it has settled for $80 million a patent suit filed by Sprint Nextel Corp.
On Sept. 25, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., found that Vonage infringed on six Sprint patents, and ordered Vonage to pay $69.5 million in damages.


Monday's settlement agreement resolves all claims in the dispute, the companies said.

Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint agreed to license Vonage its portfolio of more than 100 patents on connecting calls between a regular telephone network and a packet-switched network such as the Internet.

The $80 million Vonage agreed to pay consists of $35 million for past use of the patents, $40 million for a fully paid future license, and $5 million in prepayment for services.

In morning trading, Vonage shares were up 85 cents, or 74 percent, at $2.

"We are pleased to resolve our dispute with Sprint and enter into a productive future relationship," said Sharon O'Leary, chief legal officer of Holmdel, N.J.-based Vonage.

In March, another jury awarded Verizon Communications Corp. $58 million in damages in March plus 5.5 percent royalties on future revenues after finding that Vonage violated three Verizon patents. Litigation continues in that suit. Vonage says it has deployed workarounds for two of the patented technologies.

The patent litigation has put heavy pressure on Vonage's stock, but the company has a reserve of cash pulled in by its initial public offering last year, when its stock sold for $17 a share.

According to its latest earnings report, it had $344 million in cash on June 30.

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Vonage, Sprint settle patent dispute.......

52wk Range: 0.89 - 7.89
Volume: 7,802,007
Avg Vol (3m): 1,421,490

Technicals
Most Actives
Percentage Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
51.41%above 13-day MA
2.48%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 5 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $179.00 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: -0.05 
Next Earnings: 11/06/2007
Last Analyst Rating: Sell

[setravis]

VG Announces Settlement, Company
Still Not Out of the Woods...

Monday's session was a bit slow as some enjoyed the Columbus
Day holiday. Earning's season kicks off on Tuesday with
Alcoa reporting, while the market continues to digest the labor
report from Friday. Google shares hit $600 for the first time,
continuing its rally from their IPO as technology stocks were
strong for most of the day.
Another technology player in the small cap space reported news that had
many investors excited about its future. Vonage Holding Corporation (VG). The Company is a
provider of broadband Voice over Internet Protocol services to residential and small and home
office customers.
On Monday, the Company announced that it has settled its pending patent dispute with Sprint
Communications LP and entered into a licensing arrangement under Sprint's Voice over Packet
patent portfolio. The parties have entered into an agreement to resolve this patent dispute as well
as entered into a business relationship. In addition, Sprint has agreed to license Vonage its VOP
portfolio.
The agreement is valued at $80 million, including $35 million for past use of license, $40 million
for a fully paid future license, and $5 million in prepayment for services. On September 25, 2007,
a Kansas jury handed down a verdict finding that Vonage had infringed six Sprint patents.
But many analysts note the Company is not out of the woods yet.
Bear Stearns notes that the workarounds Vonage put in place to avoid patent infringement could
also be subject to patent litigation. The firm expects Verizon to examine the validity of the workarounds
and sees the settlement as only temporary relief with the Company only paying a smaller
amount versus the potential damages awarded by a court.
Stanford analysts note that they believe the Company still has liquidity issues and still believes
bankruptcy is possible in December of 2008.
Then there is the 911 factor that the Company has attempted to rectify. With VoiP phone services,
911 services aren't available which scares many consumers. With the pending litigation and patent
infringement problems that have surrounded the Company since its IPO, the Company has
not added customers at the rate at which was originally planned. According to numbers from the
second quarter, the Company only had 2.3 million subscribers.
Earlier this month, the Company announced that they paid Fritts Group $160,000 in the first six
months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The firm lobbied
Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that Internet phone services
would be guaranteed emergency access to 911, and on legislation to make it easier for consumers
to keep their phone number when switching service providers.
Monday's optimism saw shares gain 123% on over 34.8 million shares traded, closing at $1.42.
While the news on Monday was positive, the name still faces challenges in workaround patent
litigation, 911 services, customers' ability to keep their numbers, and the high cost of attracting
new customers in the light of these factors. With these things in mind, investors would be wise
to watch.


Today's closing chart.......

[LiveLife]

Setravis, maybe Vonage may finally be out of the woods?

Gained 15% today as patent disputes with Nortel Networks was settled today.  Both 10/50 MA are positive now on rising volume with MACD in positive territory.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/31/vonage-nortel-telecommunications-markets-equity-cx_cg_1231markets08.html?partner=yahootix

I will be watching out for any profit taking activity, but looking to buy.

[setravis]

updated chart scene...

[setravis]

updated chart look...

[setravis]

Things have changed...
The negatives have all disappeared.
Showing Triple-Digit Growth

Adding customers
Lowering churn
Huge EBIDTA
Huge free cash flow
Restructured debt - interest cut in half
Restructured debt with great terms
New products - plan to monetize 2nd half
New services - plan to monetize 2nd half
Infrastructure in place to handle new services
Plan to continue to expand globally
Great new management performing
"Surprise" loan writedowns gone forever
Forward 2011 earnings estimates in the $.25+ range
UnderValued compared to it's nearest competitor by 5x
Market recognising it has turned the corner

they have finally overcome all the negatives of the last four years and are ready to progress with their business plan, (expanding globally, Monetizing the new products) that the bankers have recently reviewed and put their stamp of approval on:

based in Holmdel, New Jersey, is a provider broadband based telecommunication service across the world. The stock has been up more than 113% year to date.

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