Showing posts with label Google Voice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Voice. Show all posts
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sprint adds Google Voice
Google Voice will replace Sprint voicemail as part of a new partnership integrating Sprint's mobile service with Google Voice.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Calling phones in Gmail
The Wall Street Journal's Courtney Banks tests Google's new addition to its Google Voice platform: internet calling throught Gmail, which offers free calls in the U.S. and Canada and cheap international rates.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Google buoyed by rise of VoIP
Like many investors, I dumped Google's stock following its January 12 announcement that it would no longer censor the results of its search engine in China. Google was one of the top holdings of my Silicon Valley 2.0 fund. The portfolio has outperformed the S&P by over 30 percent annually for the last two years and I did not want to let Google's China Syndrome drag the fund down.
The tide has begun to turn for the Silicon Valley titan recently as its Google Voice initiative gains traction. Its stock has outperformed the tech-laden Nasdaq since its August 25 announcement that Google Voice has been enhanced to allow its users to make and receive calls through Gmail. The emergence of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and the distinct possibility that Google may dominate this telecommunications paradigm shift, has settled the nerves of anxious investors.
An epic battle is brewing over the future of communications. When Google Voice introduced its Gmail feature, it was advertised as an historic event. A promotional infograph and short video chronicled the history of modern human communications. It's ironic that a Federal Communications Commission investigation into Apple's initial rejection of a Google Voice app for the iPhone involves the three most important corporations in the past, present and future of communications. The third party to the FCC investigation, AT&T, was once the most widely held stock, largest and most respected company in the world. Riding the coattails of the shift to wireless communications and the popularity of the iPhone, Apple now reigns supreme. Google does not appear to have lost its mojo, however, as it waits in the wings while it lays the groundwork for the future - VoIP.
The VoIP market is set to double in the next five years to $20 billion, according to forecasts by ABI Research. A huge part of that growth comes from the rapidly increasing deployment of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking, which enables voice and video communications over the internet. The proliferation of SIP trunking has led to the skyrocketing use of Session Border Controllers, devices that control the traffic and provide security for VoIP networks. "The SBC market is on fire," exclaims Diane Myers in an Infonetics Research report last month.
The SBC market leader is Acme Packet. The Bedford, Massachusetts company is the top holding in my iTech fund, which has outperformed the S&P by over 31 percent annually. Acme's stock has more than quadrupled over the past year. Its revenue is forecast to grow some 54 percent for the fiscal year ending in December.
As efforts to stem the erosion of legacy landlines have proved futile, both AT&T and Verizon have begun to deploy residential VoIP services more widely. Last year, Verizon announced that it plans to move to an all-IP network in seven years. VoIP services for Verizon Wireless customers are also being overhauled as the telco giant builds out its next generation LTE network. "By 2012, the voice we sell on LTE will be VoIP," says Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless CEO.
The tide has begun to turn for the Silicon Valley titan recently as its Google Voice initiative gains traction. Its stock has outperformed the tech-laden Nasdaq since its August 25 announcement that Google Voice has been enhanced to allow its users to make and receive calls through Gmail. The emergence of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and the distinct possibility that Google may dominate this telecommunications paradigm shift, has settled the nerves of anxious investors.
An epic battle is brewing over the future of communications. When Google Voice introduced its Gmail feature, it was advertised as an historic event. A promotional infograph and short video chronicled the history of modern human communications. It's ironic that a Federal Communications Commission investigation into Apple's initial rejection of a Google Voice app for the iPhone involves the three most important corporations in the past, present and future of communications. The third party to the FCC investigation, AT&T, was once the most widely held stock, largest and most respected company in the world. Riding the coattails of the shift to wireless communications and the popularity of the iPhone, Apple now reigns supreme. Google does not appear to have lost its mojo, however, as it waits in the wings while it lays the groundwork for the future - VoIP.
The VoIP market is set to double in the next five years to $20 billion, according to forecasts by ABI Research. A huge part of that growth comes from the rapidly increasing deployment of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking, which enables voice and video communications over the internet. The proliferation of SIP trunking has led to the skyrocketing use of Session Border Controllers, devices that control the traffic and provide security for VoIP networks. "The SBC market is on fire," exclaims Diane Myers in an Infonetics Research report last month.
The SBC market leader is Acme Packet. The Bedford, Massachusetts company is the top holding in my iTech fund, which has outperformed the S&P by over 31 percent annually. Acme's stock has more than quadrupled over the past year. Its revenue is forecast to grow some 54 percent for the fiscal year ending in December.
As efforts to stem the erosion of legacy landlines have proved futile, both AT&T and Verizon have begun to deploy residential VoIP services more widely. Last year, Verizon announced that it plans to move to an all-IP network in seven years. VoIP services for Verizon Wireless customers are also being overhauled as the telco giant builds out its next generation LTE network. "By 2012, the voice we sell on LTE will be VoIP," says Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless CEO.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Editor's Choice: Google Voice adds Web-enhanced voicemail feature
A new, free Google Voice service provides extensive Web enhancements, including transcripts of your voicemail and the ability to search text messages. The service includes discount international calling and access to Google-411 directory assistance. The simplified phone communications means you don't have to worry about which number you hand out to people. Google Voice includes a single number to ring your home, work and cell phones, an inbox that you can access on the internet, and a screen call option that asks if you want to accept an incoming call or send the person to voicemail. If you have your mobile phone with you at home or work, you can choose which to answer.
Google Voice is a new version of the GrandCentral service it acquired in 2007. Exisiting GrandCentral users now have access to the service. Google plans to offer it to the public in the near future.
The transcription feature is an advantage when checking your messages. Google Voice emails the transcripted text messages and makes it easy to search. The caller's number is spotlighted. On the Apple iPhone or T-Mobile G1, the phone number is highlighted in the email so you can click it to call back.
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