Back in March I spotlighted GrandCentral, a web startup that offers a single phone number to ring all your phones -- home, office, cell -- simultaneously. The company has gotten a lot of attention from the likes of the New York Times, and now they've gotten some serious attention from Google. According to reports, the two companies have spent the last few days ironing out the details for the search giant to purchase GrandCentral, and some insiders claim a deal has already been reached for $50 million.

What would Google do with the fledgling communications company? TechCrunch offers a logical speculation: a combination of its other communications tools (GMail and GTalk) to create a viable competitor to Skype.

So far both sides are staying mum on the merger.

[TechCrunch] Google To Acquire GrandCentral