Verizon Wireless announced that it will open its network to any device and any application not currently offered by the company directly. In early 2008, the company will publish the technical standards to support the development of products and applications that can utilize the Verizon network.

Like your phone but not the service? Verizon wants you. Like TeleNav as a navigation service instead of VZNavigator, which uses Networks in Motion? Verizon won't care so long as you're using their network and racking up minutes.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the move by Verizon may be to favorably position the company to acquire new radio spectrum soon to be offered by the FCC which is available to those operators with open standards ala Android as pushed by Google.