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Google Voice number portability now available to all

By: |Jan 25th, 2011 at 02:20PM
Filed Under: Services
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Last week we reported that Google had finally begun rolling out support for incoming number ports to its Google Voice service. Lack of the feature, as any Google Voice user will likely attest to, has been a sore spot for Google’s telephony product since the company first acquired GrandCentral in 2007. Today, Google has announced that the new feature is now available to all current Google Voice users. Number portability allows users to transfer their cell phone or landline telephone numbers between servi...

Google Voice now supports incoming number ports

By: |Jan 19th, 2011 at 10:31PM
Filed Under: Mobile
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If you’re a Google Voice user and you’re not TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington (who was able to port his number into the service a long time ago), odds are pretty good you’ve prayed for incoming number portability at some point. And for years, your prayers have gone unanswered. Well, no more — Google has officially implemented incoming number portability as of Wednesday evening, and it is in the process of being rolled out to all users. Rejoice! To port your number into your Google Voice ...

Google Voice to support number portability

By: |Mar 28th, 2009 at 04:17PM
Filed Under: Services, Software
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Google Voice is a service that has tremendous potential and as such, we’ll be watching it closely over the months to come. Last week, we showed you the service’s current mobile capabilities and posed a few ideas in terms of where Google could potentially take Google Voice. Interpret this however you wish, but further details were discovered this week that could certainly support some big plans:We’re excited to count you among our users, and we want to continue to earn your business every day...