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I had the opportunity to attend Verizon's launch of its "Open Development" initiative today. There were no surprising revelations made at this event, but there was a lot of clarification as to Verizon's plans. Verizon Wireless will allow vendors to work within a retail framework, where devices are resold through Verizon with Verizon handling all of the service side, or within a wholesale framework, where vendors will purchase minutes and/or Megabytes from Verizon and handle most of the service aspects themselves.

Devices can be voice only, data only, or voice and data devices. There will be no user experience or interface stipulation, except minor ones such as roaming indicators emergency requirements. Examples of devices given by Verizon Wireless were mostly M2M devices (telematics and meters) and consumer electronics devices (game devices, cameras, and portable media players).

Details of the requirements and certification process can be found at: http://www.verizonwireless-opendevelopment.com .

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Research Analyst, Wireless
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Principal Analyst, Mobile Broadband
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