As a Verizon Wireless customer of long-standing, I’ve got to say that I find this news very, very interesting:
Verizon Wireless has stunned the wireless world by announcing that by sometime next year it will open its network to “any apps, any device.”
There is a lot of fine print, but the essence appears to be that Verizon will offer two flavors of service: its traditional bundle, which typically includes a subsidy for phone purchase and various other features, and “bring your own” device service, which will be open to any device that meets “minimum technical standards.”
As always, the devil is in the details but, at first glance this sounds like something that could have a big impact on the industry.
Verizon’s plan to offer its users access to a full range of applications and
devices promises to crack the cellular industry wide open. But what does this
mean for the elusive Fixed Mobile Convergance in the U.S.
Will
Verizon’s Open Network Lead to True FMC?
Let’s see if the Walled Garden really comes crumbling down.