One Telecom Carrier’s Nightmare Google
Google has upended the telecom industry and every carrier in the industry is shaking in their boots. Recently, Google’s application, Google Voice was blocked from Apple’s app store allowing a myriad of applications that they claimed that are already on the iPhone. A number of the advantages that Google Voice offers would threaten carrier revenue from international calling, conference calls, texting, voice-to-text to name a few.
AT&T has been accused of being at the bottom of the reason that application has been denied availability from Apple iPhone, and in return AT&T has given Google a “shot across the bow” by accusing the Google Voice application to not be allowed to call certain rural areas, conference calling services, and “chat lines” (the reason being is that carriers pay rural telecom companies a higher revenue amount by terminating calls on their network – more on this at a later date). Their claim is that Google should operate in the same manner as they have to (read: they have to do this, why shouldn’t Google?). However, Google’s claim is that they only offer certain services and shouldn’t be regulated as a wireless company.
The end result is uncertain, but what I can say is that Google is making some inroads. Last Tuesday Verizon announced that Google Voice application would be supported and even AT&T indicated, without mentioning Google to allow iPhone users to utilize VoIP applications on the AT&T 3G network.
The times they are a-changing. What the end result allows for will have to be seen, what we know for sure is that you can be certain your bills will be effected, up or down – stay tuned.
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Benny Carreon is the President and CEO of GrayBear Resources Group. GBR is a next-generation telecommunications consulting firm. We aren't a telephone company's vendor disguising itself as a consultant. We don't sell carrier products that would conflict with out mission - our goal is to work for our clients by reducing costs, streamlining services, eliminating waste and fraud while providing the least disruption to your business.
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