The FCC  auction of the 700-MHz spectrum for wireless broadband networks to be conducted in January is seen as the reason for Verizon’s move. All companies wishing to bid are required to file a license application for the auction which gives a chance for having open and accessible wireless broadband network in the US.

The advantage for Verizon is that developers and manufacturers of handsets, non phone wireless devices like Internet tablets, ultramobile PCs and gaming devices can now manufacture equipment to suit the Verizon network. These devises are usually 3G network capable and based on UMTS technology and not EV-DO system of Verizon.

The announcement by verizon enables mobile phone manufacturers like Sony Ericsson , Samsung and LG Electronics to make phones which would work on verizon’s CDMA network as Verizon’s technical specifications are now available.

With an open network available people especially business travelers can access the internet with their laptops, more features can be added in portable electronic devices and it enables the government and utility agencies to connect any device for example meter readers to the network.

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Is full wireless syncing support appropriate for a flash-based player? Microsoft’s $199 8GB Zune certainly ships with a raft of features, but unless you need a light player with wireless functions, you’ll probably be able to find better values elsewhere.
The 8GB Zune is a little thicker than one of the last-generation iPod Nanos. That puts it on the large side for flash-based MP3 players these days. Its audio quality sounded a little better to my ears than that of the latest iPod Nano, on a par with Creative’s Zen V. One tiny annoyance, though: The player’s 20-step digital volume control doesn’t provide much granularity. Occasionally, I’d reach points where one step was too low and the next too high.

The Zune supports MP3, WMA, WMA lossless, PlaysForSure DRM-ed audio, and its own DRM format for Zune Pass subscriptions. If you’d rather listen to radio, the Zune includes a built-in FM tuner. It also plays back video and displays photos on its 1.8-inch 320-by-240-pixel screen, and   the Zune   now supports h.264 and MPEG-4 encoding in addition to WMV.