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Vonage has recently announced some changes to their available calling plans with the introduction of “Vonage World.”  This new plan is an update to their previous unlimited calling plan and will retain the same $24.99 price that it had, except free unlimited international calling is now included.

Previously, the unlimited calling plan with Vonage offered unlimited calls within the US, as well as free international calling to six countries.  Well, Vonage has stepped up and now includes unlimited international calling to more than 60 countries.  Additionally, this new plan will replace an older plan that was called “Enhanced World” and offered free international calls to 58 countries for $40 a month.

The new Vonage World plan is available for existing as well as new customers.  As far as existing customers, if you want to take advantage of this plan you will need to call Vonage and request the switch, but as you would hope there will not be any charge for making that switch.

One important item to note with the new Vonage World plan is that while international calling is now free, those calls need to be made to landlines.  Currently, any calls made to mobile phones will still be charged, but according to Vonage they will be at a rate that is competitive with Skype and Google Voice.

Additionally, Vonage also has plans to begin offering transcribed voicemail (Google Voice style) that can be delivered by email or text message, but as of now nothing was mentioned as to when that will be available.

Read [Yahoo! Finance and Vonage World]  Via [Twitter @Vonage_Voice]