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Verizon Says You Can Port From Sprint, Build Your Own Phone
We just got the juicy details on the Verizon Wireless Any App, Any Device initiative going live in the second half of next year, helping them catch up to the GSM/SIM phone swapping capabilities of TMO and AT&T. The big answers, from the company heads:• Yes, you will be able to port existing CDMA phones from Sprint—or Korea—to Verizon, provided they operate on the correct frequencies.
• The cost of certification for BYO phones will be "very reasonable", and that even an at-home tinkerer could feasibly submit a device for approval.
• Previously Verizon only tested phones that could sell in the hundreds of thousands of units; now it will be happy to approve devices that require much lower volume.
• This is for CDMA products only. The iPhone ain't gonna port, even though several reporters seemed to not understand why. Here are more details: More »
10:55 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by rimplestultskin: @frigg: if AT&T didn't have a 5 year exclusivity deal, i'd say yes. also, i hope sprint follows suit. i'm more »
