Comments on: What could GrandCentral do for Google? http://TechUntangled.com/what-could-grandcentral-do-for-google Commentary on Technology and Business Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Senaka Balasuriya http://TechUntangled.com/what-could-grandcentral-do-for-google#comment-21 Senaka Balasuriya Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:57:29 +0000 http://TechUntangled.com/what-could-grandcentral-do-for-google#comment-21 RK: Yes, that's true, but its still not out. This signifies that Google wants to connect calls to telephone numbers (the PSTN). After all, everyone else and their mother has that capability today - Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL, Skype, Vonage, etc. However, it takes time to develop agreements with carriers, hire people across the US/globe, establish rate centers, etc. This is another reason why an acquisition makes sense - it gets you an already setup network (ignoring things like company synergy/culture and cost). RK: Yes, that’s true, but its still not out. This signifies that Google wants to connect calls to telephone numbers (the PSTN). After all, everyone else and their mother has that capability today - Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL, Skype, Vonage, etc.

However, it takes time to develop agreements with carriers, hire people across the US/globe, establish rate centers, etc. This is another reason why an acquisition makes sense - it gets you an already setup network (ignoring things like company synergy/culture and cost).

]]> By: rk http://TechUntangled.com/what-could-grandcentral-do-for-google#comment-20 rk Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:51:09 +0000 http://TechUntangled.com/what-could-grandcentral-do-for-google#comment-20 fyi: Google already has a service to call though not public. fyi: Google already has a service to call though not public.

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