April 10th, 2008
Cell Phone Trace
Now comes the hard part. Or, at least, the unwieldy, contentious, cumbersome and frustrating part. In November, Verizon Wireless said that it will open its network to devices other than those it directly subsidizes a cell phone trace. The story is well told at BusinessWeek: The company is facing a dwindling number of potential new subscribers and is being pushed by companies itching to create alternate paths to deliver their content to subscribers. This led it – and other carriers – to adopt the more open model that is popular in Europe and Asia.
