Verizon Wireless: M2M push.

"Tony Lewis, Verizon’s VP of open development, tells Unstrung that the first two devices that have been certified for open use over Verizon’s CDMA wireless network are a storage tank-monitoring device from SupplyNet Communications and a prisoner-tracking electronic ankle bracelet.

This will be followed by a wireless router for the insurance industry and a $69 speech and texting device. Lewis, speaking at the CTIA show last week, noted that this neatly reflected the early devices that are coming up for certification under the open access plans."