Sprint brings Google Voice to wireless customers without porting fees

It's been a crazy weekend for wireless companies as AT&T looks into purchasing T-Mobile. Many wonder what competitor, Sprint, will do in response to the heating up competition. While probably not a response to the latest uprising in the wireless business world, adopting Google Voice is one thing that might help its business along.

The wireless company will offer Google's Voice on all of their phones, while allowing customers to use their existing Sprint wireless numbers. The move makes Sprint the first (and currently only) wireless carrier to allow customers to use existing mobile phone numbers with Google Voice without having to pay porting fees.

The service will allow Sprint customers to take advantage of the forwarding and voicemail services that Google offers allowing them to take calls to their Sprint number on multiple devices including their computer. Newer Android phones will come preloaded with the Google Voice app.

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