MISSISSAUGA – Voice over Internet Protocol provider Vonage Canada today announced an aggressive expansion of its service by providing local phone number exchanges to consumers and small businesses in more than 50 additional cities and communities.
Customers from anywhere in Canada have already been able to choose an area code and local number from 14 major centres in six provinces, including Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
Vonage’s expansion will allow people outside those major urban cities to switch to Vonage and choose a new local phone number from their city or simply transfer their existing phone number over to the Vonage service.
The expansion is the largest to date for Vonage Canada. The first phase occurs in mid-June in the Greater Toronto Area and southwestern Ontario and includes phone exchanges in cities such as Mississauga, Brampton, Oshawa, Barrie, Oakville, Burlington and St. Catharines. The second phase will expand service with local numbers in Quebec City and Montreal region in early summer, and the third phase in Alberta and British Columbia in mid-summer, with more details on locations at that time.
More than 15,000 people per week in North America are signing up with Vonage. Vonage service can be purchased online at Vonage.ca, or at several retail outlets, including Future Shop, Best Buy Canada, Staples Business Depot, London Drugs and The Source (formerly RadioShack Canada).
