Google has quietly acquired VoIP startup Gizmo5 for about $30 million in cash, reports TechCrunch, citing multiple sources with knowledge of the deal. Just last month, Skype was in talks with the
startup, which was widely interpreted as a backup plan in case its IP litigation didn't work out, asGizmo5's SIP infrastructure could theoretically replace Skype's proprietary P2P back end. Gizmo5 is
apparently a good fit with a number of Google products.
Google Talk, for one, allows voice calls between users but has no PSTN link to allow incoming or outbound calls to real phones.
Gizmo5 does this well already, according to TechCrunch.
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