Less than a month after introducing VoIP services in New Jersey and Texas, AT&T Corp. has expanded CallVantage's availability in major markets in California, New York and the San Antonio area of Texas.
The company last month announced its first two markets as well as plans to quickly expand to 100 major markets by year's end. Today's move gives AT&T presence on both coasts in 18 total markets.
The California markets include Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Riverside/San Bernadino. The service in New York is now available to residents of New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. The company is expanding its service footprint into New York for consumers from Peekskill to Staten Island to Suffolk County. The service will be further expanded to serve other areas of the Empire State and the nation over the coming months.
AT&T is offering an introductory rate of $19.99 a month for six months to those who subscribe by May 31, 2004. This promotional rate includes unlimited local and long-distance domestic calling, including calls to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, discount rates for international calling, and a suite of advanced features. AT&T CallVantage will cost $39.99 a month thereafter. The company plans to add many more advanced features over the next 12 months.
With AT&T CallVantage Service, customers have access to such features as personal conferencing, which allows a caller to set up a meeting with up to nine other people. Another feature allows customers to hear their messages from any phone or PC and forward the voicemail to anyone on the Web.
