Google Voice is arguably the US equivalent to Spotify. Nothing but good things have been spoken about the service and international Google fanatics are waiting enviously for the day Google announces international availability.

The bad news is that no date is confirmed. The good news is that it’s definitely coming, agreements are in place and Google let it slip in a PDF letter that was apparently “formatted improperly” to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

In the letter, that Business Week managed to get a peak at, Google claim that the service has 1.419 million users, 570,000 of whom use it seven days a week. No problems there. What it also mentions then intentionally retracts is that it has signed contracts with a number of “international service providers for inputs to Google Voice”, more than a hint that the service may well go global shortly. It does however add that none of these services have been launched yet.

The reason the FCC launched its investigation into Google Voice earlier this month was after AT &T and others raised concerns that Google