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Google has a knack for irritating traditional telephone companies, especially with Google Voice (GV). They first irked AT&T, who raised a net neutrality and common carrier argument with the FCC over Google Voice ...

We’ve chronicled Google’s feature rich Google Voice application in depth. The latest chapter sees Google opening up the availability of Google Voice to anyone in the U.S. Previously, ...

Google dominance is on the rise. So much so, I'm beginning to wonder if they should slow down. Consider that Google already dominates Internet search across the globe - so much so that Google is, in effect, the gateway to the Internet for most of us. That achievement alone is ...

Google Voice is a voice application that provides a variety of features including call routing/forwarding, unified voicemail, and simultaneous ring, among others. Google Voice has 1.4 million subscribers and growing. Google is now turning their attention to the small and medium business (SMB) and enterprise ...

Google has responded to an FCC inquiry into Google Voice concerning call blocking of its voice application to certain telephone numbers. Google had been blocking termination of calls to certain telephone numbers that it felt were ‘traffic pumping’ schemes. Traffic pumping takes ...

Google has announced that you can now port your existing mobile phone number to a Google Voice account. Previously, Google Voice (GV) issued new phone numbers for their voice application. Certain features of GV are not available ...

“Game on Google” must have been heard at some point during the discussions among AT&T’s lawyers concerning their ongoing feud regarding Google Voice. They’ve come out swinging with their latest response. They are cleverly calling out Google as hypocritical. Their ...

It’s kind of ironic that the FCC is sending a letter to one of the biggest proponents of openness on the Internet and net neutrality, asking them how and why they are restricting certain functions of their Internet application. The proponent is ...

One of the more interesting tidbits that came out of the Verizon Wireless and Google webcast today was Verizon’s announcement that their upcoming Android handsets will offer Google Voice. Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam commented, “… you ...

AT&T has written a letter to the FCC complaining that Google’s Google Voice application is in violation of FCC net neutrality principles. The complaint highlights the growing divide between traditional telecom carriers like AT&T and Internet app enablers like Google, ...