Verizon's Open Move Hastens Wireless Market Transformation

Verizon’s open access that includes selling wholesale network implies the following: 1) Processing call detail records (CDRs); 2) Billing end users; and 3) Ensuring customer satisfaction.

The US has been a leader in technological advancements but has lagged behind the world when it came to implementing open systems networks. Verizon has taken a bold step in announcing that they will throw open their network for third party service providers who will then be free to deploy their own products to customers. For companies to stay and grow, opening their networks will do more good than...

The "network effect" has matured to its latter stages to impact Verizon's growth strategy requiring that it be more open with its network.

This announcement by Verizon Wireless is another indication of the move towards opening cellular networks in the U.S. to greater initiatives by mobile device vendors and 3rd party services providers to deploy new services and applications that are accessible by customers of these networks. It remains to be seen how smoothly and responsively this particular initiative will work in practice.  ...

Verizon Wireless has been under pressure to address open network access. Despite this recent announcement that Verizon will provide access to its network, Verizon’s true intentions vis-à-vis open acess are still up for debate.

Verizon’s move represents the first major chink in the stone wall of locked mobile phones in the US. It seems unlikely that Verizon is really going to be totally open in the near future, but just the announcement represents a major step in that direction. Other carriers will be forced to follow, and over time all will really become open.