Vonage iPhone App Coming Soon?

Posted by Erik on August 26th, 2009

Last week we told you about Vonage's new Vonage World plan, which gives you unlimited calling to anywhere in the U.S. and more than 60 other countries for the flat monthly fee of $24.99.  Not only have consumers seemed to love this plan so far, but so has the stock market, sending Vonage's shares up an astonishing 443% since the announcement based on today's closing price.

It seems that may not be all that investors are excited about.  Stock message boards are abuzz over a possible Vonage iPhone app which would enable iPhone customers to make VoIP calls on their iPhone using their Vonage World plan.  So instead of paying AT&T exorbitant rates to call overseas (not to mention in the U.S.), Vonage World customers connected to a WiFi network could simply dial whatever number they wanted on their iPhone and not pay a penny as long as they are Vonage World customers.  This could be in addition to using Vonage as your home phone service.  Details are still lacking so we don't actually know quite what the app will be for sure but Apple did confirm to Barrons that Vonage has submitted an iPhone app and Vonage subsequently confirmed that they made a minor change Apple had requested and resubmitted the app for approval.

So the app could be available any minute.  Then again, Google submitted an app for their Google Voice service that has been in limbo for months now and is now the subject of an FCC investigation, so it's hard to say how long this could take.  We'll update with a new post as soon as we hear something.  In the meantime, if this all soundns pretty exciting to you, you may want to sign up for Vonage World now so you're ready when the app comes out.  You can also call 1-888-692-8076 to sign up for Vonage World by phone.