Verizon going open network

[pavanred]

Verizon Wireless, for the first time is going to open up its network to "wireless devices, software and applications that are not offered by the company.

widely regarded as the most "closed" of all U.S. mobile network operators,The company said in a statement,"In early 2008, the company will publish the technical standards the development community will need to design products to interface with the Verizon Wireless network"."Any device that meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the network.Any application the customer chooses will be allowed on these devices."

Verizon is also planning to keep the cost of certification "very reasonable", so that even hobbyists could create devices for use on the Verizon network.While the announcement certainly generated more questions.


Perhaps its going to be possible to simply transpond over certified handsets from other CDMA carriersor international markets for use on the Verizon network.

A few Verizon execs hosted a conference call, in an attempt to clear up some of the confusion though it's still totally unclear.

"This isn't just phones-it could be a very small module in a gaming station, a home appliance, something that goes into your car," Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said. "[Traditionally] if a device is not going to sell hundreds of thousands, it's hard to decide because of our scale. But now, if something only sells five, now it can be on our network." he said.

Now the question arises , why? why verizon needs to open up happen suddenly?
The simple answer is that Verizon feels an increasing amount of pressure from the Open Handset Alliance, Sprint's XOHM network and even the iPhone SDK and decided to get in front of the trend before it was too late.

Now we'll all just have to wait and see.

[admin_mvu]

This is old news..

There is already an announcement on Dec 10th.