links for 2007-11-28
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Significant announcement that signals the industry’s response to consumer demand for greater choice.
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More on Verizon’s new announcement about allowing open access to their network. Sounds like a very positive move to me.
Verizon’s plan to offer its users access to a full range of applications and devices promises to crack the cellular industry wide open. But what does this mean for the elusive Fixed Mobile Convergance in the U.S.
Will Verizon’s Open Network Lead to True FMC?
Let’s see if the Walled Garden really comes crumbling down.
http://voip-facts.net/voip-blog
Opening access to mobile devices and applications is one step towards FMC, but doesn’t go all the way. I think that the key ingredient to make FMC a reality is the availability of services and applications that truly integrate the user experience across multiple devices mobile/fixed telephony/TV/desktop. That is much more than billing convergence or services bundling.