They say curiosity killed the cat. In this case, apparently curiosity fired some Verizon employees… Some curious workers at the Big Red V apparently realized they had access to some of the call logs and records of a phone owned by President-Elect Barack Obama, and decided to sneak a peak. According to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam,

Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam issued the following statement recently: “This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cell phone account. The account has been inactive for several months. The device on the account was a simple voice flip-phone, not a BlackBerry...

Verizon employees without Verizon's authorization viewed  Barack Obama's personal inactive cell phone account of a flip voice phone, not his BlackBerry. The employee were place on leave for investigation and may face disciplinary action. Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam made the following statement: "This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, withou...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam made the following statement: “This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cell phone account. The account has been inactive for several months. The device on the account was a simple voice flip-phone, not a Black...

Verizon Wireless has placed several employees on leave for accessing President-Elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account, according to CEO Lowell McAdam.

According to MobileTopSoft, several US Verizon employees were put on immediate leave after the discovery that they had unauthorized access to a personal cellphone account of President-elect Barack Obama. Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Lowell McAdam apologized to Obama in a statement. "All employees who have accessed the account – whether authorized or not – have been put on immed...

Robert Dotson, the president and CEO of T-Mobile USA, was named the new chairman of CTIA. Dotson had previously been vice chairman of CTIA and succeeds Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam in the position. Release

CTIA-The Wireless Association has elected new officers and Executive Committee members for the wireless industry trade group. Former Vice Chairman, Robert Dotson, T-Mobile USA President and CEO, has been elected as the new Chairman. Mr. Dotson succeeds Verizon Wireless CEO, Lowell McAdam, as CTIA Chairman and will assume the position in January 2009. Other CTIA elected officers announced at today'...

In contrast to Dotson, Sprint CE0 makes the great point that openness is only as important as the consumer demand for it, but everone in the audience cheered when asked if they would like open networks and open handsets. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam also seemed hesitant to be pro-open, which makes sense considering the Verizon/BREW/Qualcomm

The CEO of Verizon, Lowell McAdam, brought up some good points about the future of Wireless communications. He pointed out that not all mobile penetration in the US has to come from human interraction. As an example, a major airplane company queried Verizon about putting modems that interface with sensors on the plane. Their essential function would be to monitor the planes integrity and system fu...