LTE is an open spec, like UMTS and GSM before it. Even if an operator wants to, there's little they can do to ban third party, standards compliant, devices from operating on their networks.
Verizon's announcement was originally overstated in the first place, but there was a slightly glimmer of positivity in that it looked, for a time, as if Verizon was going to be one of the few IS-95/IS-2000 ("CDMA") operators prepared to open up their network. But the fact they've only announced specs for the one standard that's already open and already well documented makes it even more disappointing.
Come on Verizon, do the right thing: open up your existing network. Be the first US operator with an open IS-95/2000 network. Make R-UIMs available to any customer who wants one, and let anyone willing to make devices compatible with the IS-95/2000 standards sell their stuff to your customers without you needing to get involved.
Until then, stop promoting the notion that you've opened up your network, because you clearly haven't, and you clearly have no intention of opening up the network you have today. Saying you're going to build a network tomorrow based on open standards is not the same thing.
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So... this is all just PR then?
LTE is an open spec, like UMTS and GSM before it. Even if an operator wants to, there's little they can do to ban third party, standards compliant, devices from operating on their networks.
Verizon's announcement was originally overstated in the first place, but there was a slightly glimmer of positivity in that it looked, for a time, as if Verizon was going to be one of the few IS-95/IS-2000 ("CDMA") operators prepared to open up their network. But the fact they've only announced specs for the one standard that's already open and already well documented makes it even more disappointing.
Come on Verizon, do the right thing: open up your existing network. Be the first US operator with an open IS-95/2000 network. Make R-UIMs available to any customer who wants one, and let anyone willing to make devices compatible with the IS-95/2000 standards sell their stuff to your customers without you needing to get involved.
Until then, stop promoting the notion that you've opened up your network, because you clearly haven't, and you clearly have no intention of opening up the network you have today. Saying you're going to build a network tomorrow based on open standards is not the same thing.