Specifically, the device single is a port router equipped with a 2-line telephone adaptor, configured with Vonage’s ( News - Alert) service. The Motorola ( News - Alert) VT2142 will be available online, at no cost, thanks to a $49.99 instant rebate. (Customers will be charged a $9.95 shipping and handling fee and a $29.99 activation fee). The companies plan to soon also offer the product in retail stores.
“As Vonage always seeks to offer a variety of hardware choices, we are pleased to offer Motorola's new product for our less expensive, flat-rate, full-featured calling plans. Motorola is a proven partner and we are happy to add another one of its devices to our portfolio,” said Vonage Network, Inc.’s senior vice president of engineering, Daniel Smires, in a statement.
Smires continued: “Expanding our device offering with Motorola enables us to continue offering consumer-friendly, feature-rich voice terminal technologies, a simple way for consumers to benefit from Vonage's attractively priced, tiered calling plans.”
Today's news follows Motorola's introduction of the SIP-based SBV5100 series, a new addition to its suite of voice-enabled cable modems.
As part of the company's broadband telephony product suite, the SBV5100 series converges voice and data, on one network, in one product. Bundling multiple services in one unit will offer consumers an array of advanced voice services. The SBV5100 supports full-featured primary VoIP-based telephone service for up to two telephone lines that are terminated in two RJ-11 connectors.
Vonage Holdings Corp.
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