Ribbit challenges Google Voice with Ribbit Mobile

Over the past year, Ribbit, a web-based service that provides a new way to manage calls, messages and phones, has had a flurry of activity, including their acquisition by British Telecom and most recently, their integration of several gadgets with Google Wave allowing voice calls, phone conferencing, text messaging and voicemail transcription. Today, Ribbit is at it again, this time with the launch of Ribbit Mobile — a free cloud-based service that enables users to merge multiple phones, route mobile calls to other phones and answer their mobile calls on the Internet.

The service is being targeted at professionals who might be on the road a lot and could benefit from the constant connection that Ribbit Mobile has to offer, including: including voicemail transcription, smart call routing and Web-based calling. Full story...