June 25th, 2007
Google- GrandCentral deal could be rite of passage for GoogleTalk
This morning, TechCrunch is reporting that a deal may be closing between Google and GrandCentral.
GrandCentral is a widely praised (if buggy, according to some) service that enables one phone number for life, and allows you to select which phones ring. Listen in before you pick up? Not a problem.
GC also has a mobile service, with a suite of services best described via this illustration:
My take on Google:Grand Central: maybe this acquisition will enable the sometimes-overlooked GoogleTalk service to finally enter the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) call-termination arena with as much gusto as Google is capable of when they put their minds to it.
Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
