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March 12, 2009 by: Bargain Babe

Google introduces free phone service

rotary-cell-phoneGoogle is making an enemy out of the telecommunication industry, but if it means offering free services to consumers, I’m okay with it. Google Voice, a rival to Skype (owned by eBay) and traditional phone companies, lets you  synch your phone numbers so that your work, cell, and home phone ring simultaneously. You can call one voicemail number to check all your messages and get a transcript of your messages.

The service is an expansion of a company called GrandCentral that Google purchased in 2007. Existing GrandCentral users will get access to Google Voice first. The rest of us can jump on the bandwagon in a few weeks.

I’ll update the blog when Google Voice becomes widely available. For more details, read a NY Times story about Google Voice.

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Comments

  1. bargainhubby says

    March 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    I signed up for grandcentral just before they were bought out by google. I’m still in the queue waiting for an account. I’m sure they’ll send out a huge batch of invites once they finish integrating the grandcentral system into the google infrastructure.

    fingers crossed.

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  2. JayC says

    March 24, 2009 at 5:20 am

    Interesting news, there was a news while ago about Google entering into Cell Phone market, and now Google Voice, Oh Boy, Google is everywhere.

    Reply

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