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Google acquires Web-calling service GrandCentral 07-04-2007
Google has bought start-up firm GrandCentral Communications, for an undisclosed financial deal. GrandCentral makes it possible for users to manage their current phones and voice mailboxes over the internet as though they were just one single account. Google made the announcement on Monday on its company blog.

The Fremont, Calif.-based GrandCentral has been founded by Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet in late 2005. Walker and Paquet worked together while operating Web-calling pioneer Dialpad Communications. Google’s biggest rival, Yahoo Inc., acquired Dialpad in June 2005.

GrandCentral of Fremont, California is one of dozens of innovative companies that are taking advantage of Web-based software to allow consumers and businesses to make voice calls over the Internet while also working with regular phones.

Confirming the deal, Walker and Paquet stated, “You get a single phone number that forwards to all of your phones, giving you one number for life.”
Source: [TechShout.com]

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