Announced via the Google blog on Tuesday, the acquisition is definitivequisition is definitive, with the service already now branded GrandCentral from Google Beta on its web site.
No price tag was attached to the announcement.
Google product manager Wesley Chan said in the blog posting said the company had been impressed with Grand Central’s technology, particularly that which lets users integrate all their existing phone numbers and voice mailboxes into a single account.
“We think GrandCentral's technology fits well into Google's efforts to provide services that enhance the collaborative exchange of information between our users,” Mr Chan wrote.
“GrandCentral is an innovative service that lets users integrate all of their existing phone numbers and voice mailboxes into one account, which can be accessed from the web.
“If you have multiple phone numbers (e.g., home, work, cell), you get one phone number that you can set to ring all, some, or none of your phones, based on who's calling. This way, your phone number is tied to you, and not your location or job
Grand Central is based in Fremont and was founded in late 2005 by Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet, who had previously run DialPad, an internet phone company acquired by Yahoo, also in 2005.
GrandCentral operations are being shifted to Google headquarters in Silicon Valley.
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