El Telefono Rojo is a phone service offered by "Virtual Communications", an American corporation.
It provides Latin American immigrants around the world with local telephone lines from their home countries.
The concept behind "El Telefono Rojo" (which translates Red Phone) resembles the red phone line established between the US President and the URSS Premier, back in Ronald Reagan's time. The concept of a Red Phone then was an emergency-dedicated direct line to communicate both leaders when cold-war was in full swing and was considered a last line of communication to avoid a disaster. The concept of a Red Phone was also used by Batman and the Commissioner with the same purpose of a dedicated special line for emergencies in this world famous comic.
Based on that direct, important dedicated line concept, Virtual Communications created a service to allow Latin American Immigrants to have a dedicated direct line to stay in touch with their families and friends left abroad.
Established in Weston, Florida on November 14, 2003, Virtual Communications and El Telefono Rojo service has attracted thousands of subscribers, usually families with 3 or 4 family members.