A New Phone Company: Google Answers the Call - Small Business Computing

A New Phone Company: Google Answers the Call

Written By
Mike Elgan
Mike Elgan
Dec 19, 2011
1 minute read

Google wants to be the Ma Bell of the Internet age; by that we mean the search company wants to be the phone company. And it’s laying a solid foundation to make that communications dream come true.

Mike Elgan outlines what Google’s doing to replace pricey mobile phones and landline services with a unified communications network.

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