Vonage(R) Canada Names Darrin Lamont Vice-President, Sales & Customer Operations

TORONTO, Oct. 14 /CNW/ -- Bill Rainey, president of Vonage Canada, today announced the appointment of Darrin Lamont to the position of vice-president, Sales & Customer Operations. Vonage Canada is a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corporation, the leading provider of broadband phone service in North America.

Mr. Lamont is responsible for driving customer acquisition and retention by ensuring Vonage Canada delivers an outstanding customer experience at every contact point. Mr. Lamont is also charged with building solid partnerships with suppliers and sales channels for Vonage Canada, as well as delivering the highest standards of operational efficiency and quality for Vonage Canada's customer operations and call centre.

Prior to joining Vonage Canada, Mr. Lamont held progressively senior sales management and sales engineering roles at well-known telecommunication providers such as Sprint Canada, Bell Canada and GT Group Telecom. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Montreal's Concordia University, a Certificate in Telecommunications Management from Toronto's Ryerson University and has completed the Executive Sales Management program at Kingston's Queen's University.

"Vonage Canada's continued growth and success hinges on providing unparalleled service and value to our customers, retail partners and others. Darrin's strong sales background and passion for service excellence will enable Vonage Canada to deliver on our brand promise and build lasting relationships with our customers," said Bill Rainey, president of Vonage Canada.

About Vonage(R) Canada
Vonage Canada is redefining communications by offering consumers and small businesses an affordable alternative to traditional telephone service. The fastest growing telephony company in North America, Vonage's service area encompasses more than 1900 active rate centers in over 125 North American markets, including six Canadian provinces. Vonage is sold directly through http://www.vonage.ca. With more than 275,000 lines in service within North America, Vonage continues to add more than 25,000 lines per month to its network. Over 5 million calls per week are made using Vonage, the easy-to-use, feature-rich, flat rate phone service. Vonage Canada is headquartered in Mississauga, ON. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit http://www.vonage.ca or call 1-877-272-0528. Vonage Canada is a trademark of Vonage Holdings Corp.

For further information: Mitchell Slepian, Vonage, +1-732-528-2677, mitchell.slepian@vonage.com; or Todd Barrish, Connors Communications, +1-212-798-1410, todd@connors.com, for Vonage Canada

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