Posts in the Open Category

Barack Obama is expected to be our country’s most tech-savvy president ever, and his campaign had a strong focus on technology as a means for the U.S. to stay competitive.  The tech and the telecom communities at large are both poised to see what will top Obama’s agenda after he takes office next month, and […]

The first wireless device to be certified under Verizon’s Open Development Initiative (ODI) has been unveiled.  As you will recall, Verizon surprised the world in the Fall when it said it would open its network to any (certified) device.  Speculation had been rampant about the new handhelds and other consumer devices that would emerge to take advantage […]

Verizon Wireless has set March 19 as the date it will release the first version of its open network service specs.  As c|net’s Marguerite Reardon points out, the pricing of the “Any Device, Any App” service is still up in the air (no pun intended):
“But even though Verizon appears to be embracing the network openness, […]

I had the good fortune this week of leaving the cold Northeast behind and spending some time in Barcelona at the GSMA Mobile World Congress.  It’s been exciting to walk around the show floor and see the future of the mobile industry, and particularly the prototype “Google phones” built on the Android platform. Android-based phones […]

Verizon Wireless has made a large footprint in the “Open” movement over the last week — first opening its network to outside devices and applications, then announcing its plan to use the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard instead of UMB (ultramobile broadband), and Tuesday joining Google’s Open Handset Alliance.  The company is positioning the OHA […]

Reading the news and analysis about Google’s Android and OHA announcements this week, I was reminded of a good rule of thumb in networking technology and telecom services - “simple wins, cheap wins, open wins.” An Android-based phone has all three - it’s easy to use (it’s Google), inexpensive (no or little embedded software […]