Vonage Announces Vonage World Calling Plan – Unlimited Calling To Over 60 Countries For $24.99/Month Plus Visual Voice Mail

Posted by Erik on August 19th, 2009

Vonage announced this morning the availability of the new Vonage World calling plan. Vonage World gives customers unlimited calling to over 60 countries (including India, China & Mexico – see below for full list) for $24.99 per month. Vonage World raises the bar for landline replacement VoIP services, offering unlimited calls to more countries than we've seen in any competing international plan.

Vonage World also includes some innovative voice mail features that are extremely useful.  First is Vonage Visual Voice Mail, which allow you to see the number (and name if available), time of call and message length of all your messages by logging into your online account.  So rather than have to dial up and press buttons to navigate through your voice mails, you can just do it all visually online.  Users of the iPhone and other newer smartphones will recognize and appreciate this feature that really revolutionized voicemail.  Vonage World also has added text transcription of all your voice mails so you can get emailed the text of any new messages you receive.  The system may not always transcribe every word perfectly, but you can almost always get a clear understanding of the message.

Vonage World is the replacement for the old Vonage Residential Unlimited plan, and it is keeping all the benefits of that plan, including the $24.99 per month price and the $0 set-up fees (free activation, free V-Portal adapter and free shipping).  In short, Vonage World has everything the old plan did plus unlimited calling to 60 countries, visual voicemail, and voicemail text transcription.  If you are currently a Vonage Residential Unlimited plan customer, you will not automatically be switched over to Vonage World.  However, there is no fee to switch and all you need to do is request the switch in your online account or call Vonage customer service.

For more information about Vonage World, read our full Vonage Review or call 1-888-692-8076 to speak to a Vonage representative.  Here's the full alphabetical list of countries that is currently included in the Vonage World unlimited calling plan.  A * denotes that calls to cell phones are also included:

Andorra
Argentina
Australia (excl. External Territories)
Austria
Bahamas*
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Brunei*
Bulgaria
Canada*
Chile
China*
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam*
Hong Kong*
Hungary
Iceland
India*
Iraq
Ireland
Israel (non Paltel)
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Latvia
Luxembourg
Macau*
Macedonia
Malaysia*
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico*
Romania
Russia
Saipan*
San Marino*
Singapore*
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand*
Turkey
U.S. Virgin Islands*
United Kingdom
Venezuela
Zambia