Patent Dispute
Sep 7 2008, Bhagaban Sahu

Vonage has ended patent battle with AT&T and agreed to pay $39 million over five years as part of the settlement. It is the third major settlement by Vonage. The first two settlements were with Sprint Nextel and Verizon.

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