Rumors are circulating the Internet on Thursday, January 20, that Google has launched number porting to its Voice customers. The move has not been made public yet, but the search engine has said that they are conducting a test on the option today.
In a statement, Google said that they constantly trying to improve their customers’ experience. In the same statement Google said that the test for number porting was going to be available to Voice users.
Google said that they hoped to offer the feature as a fully integrated part of Google Voice in the future, but couldn’t comment as yet on the launch date.
The feature currently costs $20, which can be paid for on Google Checkout.
By using number porting customers are able to use their mobile phone number as their Google Voice number. This is a service that many industry watchers have been waiting for.
Choosing Google Voice number porting does have consequences. Customers who choose this plan will in essence be canceling their mobile device service. This means that customers will suffer early termination costs.
The service is not without its difficulties and Google has not yet resolved all of the issues related to number portability. This is the reason why the service is very cautiously tested with only a few selected clients.
Google Voice has seen several changes recently. Google added iPad and iPod support to the feature. This means that Apple users can access free texts and free voice calls on their mobile devices.
Rumors are circulating the Internet on Thursday, January 20, that Google has launched number porting to its Voice customers. The move has not been made public yet, but the search engine has said that they are conducting a test on the option today.
In a statement, Google said that they constantly trying to improve their customers’ experience. In the same statement Google said that the test for number porting was going to be available to Voice users.
Google said that they hoped to offer the feature as a fully integrated part of Google Voice in the future, but couldn’t comment as yet on the launch date.
The feature currently costs $20, which can be paid for on Google Checkout.
By using number porting customers are able to use their mobile phone number as their Google Voice number. This is a service that many industry watchers have been waiting for.
Choosing Google Voice number porting does have consequences. Customers who choose this plan will in essence be canceling their mobile device service. This means that customers will suffer early termination costs.
The service is not without its difficulties and Google has not yet resolved all of the issues related to number portability. This is the reason why the service is very cautiously tested with only a few selected clients.
Google Voice has seen several changes recently. Google added iPad and iPod support to the feature. This means that Apple users can access free texts and free voice calls on their mobile devices.
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