Verizon Wireless opening up the network to outside devices is a good move on Verizon Wireless's part, and it makes me happier.
Verizon Wireless will open its network to outside mobile handsets, devices, and applications by the end of 2008, the company announced Tuesday.
The company will publish technical standards for the development community by early next year, the company said. Any device that meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the Verizon Wireless network, the company said. In a break from the traditional closed network model in the U.S. mobile phone industry, Verizon Wireless will allow customers to run any application they choose on approved devices.
Devices will be approved in a testing lab that the company has poured $20 million into this year, company officials said in a press conference. Verizon Wireless will accept any wireless device that passes minimal connectivity tests, including gaming devices, vehicle-based devices, and wireless handsets from competitors, company officials said.
"If someone has the technical capability of building something in their basement on a breadboard ... have at it," said Dick Lynch, Verizon Wireless' CTO.
But having dealt with the technical people at Verizon Wireless, I KNOW the "fine print" has to be a *****!
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