Verizon Wireless’ City ID gives users more information about incoming calls
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 12:52 PM PST In Announcements, Services, Verizon
It was back in May when we saw Alltel rolling out its City ID service. Now, the big dady of U.S. CDMA networks and a new owner of Alltel, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless, launched its own “enhanced mobile Caller ID application” which displays the city and state of incoming calls.
Developed by Cequint, City ID features information on more than 20,000 cities in North America, “providing enough detail to be useful identifying numbers calling from both across town and across the country.”
The bad news, though, is that the application only works with LG Voyager, the same device that can sing along Verizon’s Visual Voice Mail service. New Voyager buyers will get the app pre-installed along with 15-day trial, after which they’ll have to pour out $1.99 every month in order to keep using the service.
As for the existing Voyager users, they should (if they want City ID) visit any Verizon Wireless’ Store to receive the free software update.
Let make sure that you are giving the correct information out to the public here. Verizon does not own Alltel yet (maybe they won’t). It hasn’t even came close to getting approved through the Department of Justice, FCC, or the SEC. There are alot of hoops that they still need to get through before it is considered a done deal.