Crumbling Closed Gardens? November 27, 2007
Posted by chetan in : US Wireless Market , trackbackThis morning Verizon Wireless announced:
Verizon Wireless said it will allow consumers to use any cellphone on its cellular network and allow open access to the Web and third-party applications, reversing its longstanding policy.
“This is a transformation point in the 20-year history of mass market wireless devices — one which we believe will set the table for the next level of innovation and growth,” Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless president and chief executive officer, said in a press release.
I had said that Google’s move into the mobile space will accelerate the move towards open gardens. Of course, devil is in the details.
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A key question:
Will Verizon allow third party VoIP to be used ?
Interested to know your thoughts, we met last night at Stanford
Hi Sajit,
good meeting with you. don’t think this will happen anytime soon .. depending on how the ecosystem evolves, this is clearly a 2009-2010 event.