Google wants its VoIP Voice heard

Google entered the internet phone market on July 15th with the introduction of a Google Voice application for Blackberrys and mobiles that are powered with Google Android.

This is expected to reduce the sales of other popular VOIP services including eBay’s Skype and business solutions from Cisco and Microsoft.

Google Voice started inviting customers to join a waiting list in late June, after finishing preliminary tests of the application which allows users to make phone calls over the Internet, read transcripts and listen to voicemails, and to receive a phone number that allows users to be traced to the nearest phone.

Google aims to get ahead in the VOIP market by tailoring its VOIP services to be wireless mobile friendly.

The announcement of Google Voice came at a bad time for Skype which has been struggling to get new customers and new revenue from its existing customer base.

Skype’s main problem appears to be that customers are using only the free PC to PC option instead of paid services.

The company showed only a 22% in sales for the second quarter of 2009 despite a growth rate of over 40%.

Google Voice on the other hand allows users to use Smartphones to manage their inboxes and send SMS messages over the Google Voice number, which reduces the cost of international calling drastically.

It also allows users to designate what types of phone calls they want to exclusively use the Google VoIP system for, and which they would like on their standard mobile service.

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