![]() ![]() ![]() After his talk, he confirmed to me that he had it running on his phone already. Speaking at an event in Germany last September, Google’s European Director of Business Development, Jens Redmer, said that the company was taking “concrete action” on bringing Voice to Europe. In the UK, for example, the caller pays the full cost of a call while in the US, the cost is split with the receiver. However, the call management side of the service would no doubt be of interest to many potential users regardless of call cost. As we explained at the time, call charging structures that differ to the US would affect the ability to offer cheap or free calls. Way back in February 2010, we asked why it hadn’t expanded further. ![]() There are plenty of other neat features such as call screening and a ‘do not disturb’ mode, too. It offers voicemail that can be managed via a desktop browser or mobile app – and even emailed to you, and free domestic calls to the US and Canada and low rates to other countries. Since that time we’ve heard nothing – so what’s going on?Īs a reminder, Google Voice offers a central phone number that people can reach you on regardless of the device you use, or even via landlines. It’s now almost a year since a Google exec told us that the company’s much-praised telephony service Google Voice was being tested in Europe for a future launch. ![]()
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