BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon
Wireless today announced that the company's much-anticipated Open
Development Conference will be held in New York City on March 19-20, 2008.
The announcement was made by Anthony A. Lewis, Verizon Wireless'
newly-appointed vice president of the Open Development initiative, during a
panel discussion today hosted by New America Foundation. Information about
Verizon Wireless' Open Development initiative is online at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/opendevelopment.
News of the conference, which will focus largely on development for new
devices to run on the award-winning Verizon Wireless network, comes just
eight weeks after Verizon Wireless announced that later this year it will
provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network,
wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company.
Verizon Wireless' Open Development initiative is driven by the company's
desire to encourage innovation, give customers wireless choices, and
quickly address opportunities to expand the wireless market. Higher data
speeds and throughput performance that will come with the rollout of its
fourth generation broadband network will open the door to a surge in new
consumer electronics enabled by wireless connectivity.
Verizon Wireless is structuring the conference for the development
community. The company encourages developers from the device community to
attend the two-day event, where they can learn about the technical
standards needed for devices to run on the Verizon Wireless network.
"This initial conference is for developers of devices -- because before
consumers can have open access, you have to have open development," said
Lewis. "In hosting this conference, our aim is to jump start the
development community by sharing information needed to develop devices for
our network that achieve our network performance goals while making it easy
for them to deliver devices."
Lewis also indicated that while the company is listening to a segment
of customers who want another choice without full service, Verizon Wireless
will continue to make available a full-service offering -- from retail
stores where customers can shop, to 24/7 customer service and technical
support, to an easy-to-use handset interface and optimized software
applications.
For more information about Verizon Wireless' Open Development
Conference, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/opendevelopment.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and
data network, serving 63.7 million customers. The largest U.S. wireless
company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon
Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 68,000 employees
nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:
VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at
http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video
footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on
to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
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