Verizon Details Open Network Strategy
When Verizon Wireless opens its network to third-party devices, it’s not limiting them to cell phones.
Reuters spoke with the company’s CEO Lowell McAdam at the Verizon Wireless developer’s conference in New York yesterday and found out that the cellco hopes to have “a few hundred thousand” third-party devices running on its network this year, starting in Q3.
McAdam told Reuters that Verizon Wireless hopes to add all sorts of devices, from camera and MP3 players to carbon-monoxide detectors, in an effort to boost revenue.
It sounds like the only difference for consumers is that they’ll be able to go out and buy any compatible device instead of having to buy it directly from the cellco.
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