Business Week:

Google’s push into the Web phone-calling market is likely to cut into sales by Internet phone companies such as eBay’s (EBAY) Skype unit, and could put pressure on Microsoft and Cisco, which sell online calling software to businesses.

On July 15, Google (GOOG) released a downloadable Google Voice application for BlackBerrys (RIMM) and smartphones powered by Google’s Android operating system, which could make the voice service more popular. In late June, Google concluded a private test of Google Voice and began inviting consumers on its waiting list to sign up for the service. Users of Google Voice use the Internet to make phone calls, listen to voice mails and read transcripts of them, and also to get a unified phone number that can track them down based on what phone they’re near.

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Tags: Cisco, ebay

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