Google Purchases GrandCentral Web Phone Service

Nrbelex writes "Bloomberg News via the New York Times is reporting that Google has purchased GrandCentral. 'Google said yesterday that it had bought GrandCentral Communications, acquiring a service that lets people use a single number for all their phones ... GrandCentral users can create a single mailbox, accessible over the Internet, for all their phone messages, Google said on its Web site ... GrandCentral, based in Fremont, Calif., was founded in 2005 by Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet, two executives who worked for Dialpad Communications, a Web phone company that was acquired by Yahoo in 2005.'"

Comments

Better jump on it now

[TWDsje]

If anyone is interested in this service I would recommend you get over to www.grandcentral.com and apply for an invitation now since registrations for the service will be limited while they move over to the Google network.

Mixed Feelings

[Jedi Holocron]

I've had a GrandC entral number for a while now. I set it up with the plan that, I could finally get rid of my AT&T cellur phone and go pre-paid, but not be tied to any one company.

I haven't yet done that, but I have been using the GrandCentral number for more of my business use. I think it works well and I haven't been using the verous special features, such as "ListenIn".

I think what held me back from making the final switch-over to the new number was concern about the viability of Grand Central long term. Well, I think the Google acquisition solves that problem. Google isn't going away anytime soon.

So, I guess, in the end I'm please they were acquired. The funny thing was I was on the site earlier yesterday to get a number set up for my wife, but didn't do it. Now, I'll have to send myself an invite to set up that other number. Oh well...