Open Handset Alliance
| Open Handset Alliance
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| legal form | consortium |
| founding | November 5, 2007 |
| Seat | Mountain View , California , United States |
| management | Google Inc. |
| Website | www.openhandsetalliance.com |
The Open Handset Alliance ( OHA ) is a consortium of 84 companies (as of February 2016). The aim of this consortium is to create open standards for mobile devices . Members of the consortium are not permitted to manufacture devices that use a version of the software that is incompatible with Android .
history
On November 5, 2007, Google founded the Open Handset Alliance with 33 partners. Founding members include software companies , cell phone manufacturers , network operators , chip manufacturers, and marketing companies . The Android operating system is the main product of the Open Handset Alliance. It is an open source system based on Linux . The first commercially available device based on the work of the Open Handset Alliance was the HTC Dream . It was approved by the FCC on August 18, 2008 . Since then, various manufacturers have offered devices with Android.
Members
Members of the Open Handset Alliance are (full list here :):
| accession | Network operator | Software company | Marketing company | Semiconductor industry | Device manufacturer |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Open Handset Alliance - side with the FAQ (English)
- ^ Edward Moyer: Alibaba: Google just plain wrong about our OS . In: CNET News . September 15, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ Ron Amadeo: Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary . In: Ars Technica . October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices . Open Handset Alliance. November 5, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
- ↑ FCC Approved HTC Dream (English)
- ↑ Google's Open Handset Alliance gains 14 new members . CBS. December 9, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ↑ Ericsson Further Expands its Open OS offering by joining the Open Handset Alliance (English)
- ↑ Open Handset Alliance member announcements (English)
- ↑ SVOX joins Open Handset Alliance (English)
- ↑ Acer Announces its joining of the Open Handset Alliance (English)
- ↑ Sasken joins Open Handset Alliance . SASKEN. January 22, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ ZTE to launch Android handsets this quarter . ZTE. January 15, 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ NXP Software Joins the Open Handset Alliance . NXP. May 18, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ^ Access Joins the Open Handset Alliance . Access. 2010-07-91. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ MediaTek Joins the Open Handset Alliance Continuous Commitment to Providing Multimedia-Rich Android Solutions . MediaTek. July 12, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ VisualOn Joins the Open Handset Alliance to Enhance the Multimedia Capabilities of the Android Platform . VisualOn. November 9, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ a b Open Handset Alliance Members Mobile Operators . December 27, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
