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VOIPNEWS
February 12, 2007
Wouldn't it be great to be the fastest-growing fish in a giant tank of sharks? That's SunRocket's position in the VoIP market. While the company still has a relatively small customer base compared to Vonage or its corporate competition, SunRocket has become the fastest-growing company to offer residential VoIP services by focusing on customer service, and trying to be a phone company that people actually like.
New York Daily News
February 5, 2007
With family and friends in such far-flung places as Hong Kong and Argentina, Carlos Ronisky used to run up hefty phone bills just trying to keep in touch.
Washington Post
January 25, 2007
When executives at SunRocket Inc. took a look at where customers were placing the most international calls, the Internet phone company found that Asia topped the list.
TMCnet
January 17, 2007
VoIP service provider SunRocket just launched a new plan that offers calls to Asia Pacific locations including China, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam priced at one cent per minute.
AARP
January/February 2007
Connect by computer Several fledging companies - Vonage, SunRocket, VoIP.com, ITP, Skype - use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software to route calls worldwide through home computers.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
December 30, 2006
If you want VoIP services that are a little bit more like traditional phones, try something like SunRocket.com, which costs $9.95 for basic service.
Houston Chronicle
December 30, 2006
Earlier this year, Vonage, an Internet phone company, went public and its stock quickly tanked. Investors realized the flaw in Vonage's strategy.It spent heavily on promotion, then offered its service at a modest discount to the Internet phone service sold by cable companies. That has allowed smaller competitors such as SunRocket (full disclosure: I'm a customer) to undercut it on price.
eWeek
December 27, 2006
"In both the facilities-based and client-based VOIP markets, the most significant trends to watch will be the pricing and bundling strategies of the key participants," Gerlach said. "How low will facilities-based VOIP prices go? Will innovative pricing schemes like SunRocket's $199-per-year package continue to emerge and drive adoption? What will be the impact of Skype's unlimited flat-fee North American SkypeOut calling plan on the market?"
Washington Post
December 21, 2006
Companies that received the most venture capital money include Internet communications firm SunRocket Inc., with $33 million, information technology firm MindSHIFT Technologies with $18.4 million, and Internet company Command Information with $16 million.
Washington Post
December 18, 2006
The former president of AOL's wireless and broadband unit is now chief executive of SunRocket, a Vienna-based Internet phone service provider that has received $80 million in venture capital funding. The Time Warner merger was a turning point for her.
Washington Post
December 11, 2006
David A. Samuels, Chief financial officer, SunRocket, a Vienna-based provider of Internet phone service with a flat-rate package.
Washington Post
November 20, 2006
SunRocket Inc., an Internet phone upstart from Vienna, has struck a joint marketing deal with electronics giant Thomson Inc. to roll out GE-branded cordless phones capable of making calls over the Internet.
Tech Journal South
November 19, 2006
SunRocket is enthusiastically looking to the future and to being profitable in 2007. "We are developing new capabilities that will make us more compelling to the consumer," says Dorris. "And we are very careful and disciplined in our cost approach. We have to manage our growth (which more than tripled in 2006 over 2005) and consider our infrastructure as we make the transition from an emerging to a mature Internet telephone service provider."
Wall Street Journal
November 17, 2006
Thomson Inc. is launching GE-branded cordless phones embedded with Internet-calling technology next year...The new Voice Over IP-enabled phones will be available in the market in the first half of next year as part of a deal with SunRocket Inc., a closely held Internet-calling service provider.
IndUS
November 15, 2006
SunRocket Inc., an upstart Internet phone company that has built its business in the long shadow cast by market leaders Vonage and Skype, unveiled a new calling plan last month that will allow its subscribers to call India for less than a dime per minute.
New York Times
November 13, 2006
Some VoIP services, such as Vonage, SunRocket, BroadVoice and AT&T CallVantage, are similar to traditional phone plans, charging a flat rate, sometimes with extra fees for some calls - for instance, to certain foreign countries.
Red Herring
November 3, 2006
SunRocket, one of the better-known brands in the United States Internet voice market, announced the hiring of a former Qualcomm executive as part of an overall strategy to ratchet up its level of innovation in a market that focuses primarily on price.
El Paso Times
November 1, 2006
Gronich subscribed to a plan sold by SunRocket, an almost 2-year-old Virginia company, which has been fueling most of its growth with a $199 prepaid annual package. That works out to $16.58 a month for unlimited domestic long-distance calling and up to 100 minutes of international calls. It also sells monthly packages, one of which Gronich subscribed to for $24.95 a month to test the service, she said.El Paso Times
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"Using SunRocket gets him all kinds of neat features and services that either cost extra or are just impossible through a traditional phone company."
"People who use a home phone very little might consider cheaper options such as SunRocket's 9.95 monthly plan, which includes 200 minutes and free incoming calls."
"Check out SunRocket -- just one of many high-quality VoIP services -- where residents of many American cities can buy a year of home calling for $199."
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