Open Handset Alliance - an introduction

Overview

Building a better phone for consumers:
Today, there are 1.5 billion television sets in use around the world. 1 billion people are on the Internet. But nearly 3 billion people have a mobile phone, making it one of the world's most successful consumer products. Building a better mobile phone would enrich the lives of countless people across the globe. The Open Handset Alliance™ is a group of mobile and technology leaders who share this vision for changing the mobile experience for consumers.

Innovating in the open:
Each member of the Open Handset Alliance is strongly committed to greater openness in the mobile ecosystem. Increased openness will enable everyone in our industry to innovate more rapidly and respond better to consumers' demands. Our first joint project as a new Alliance is Android™. Android was built from the ground up with the explicit goal to be the first open, complete, and free platform created specifically for mobile devices.

Making the vision a reality:
Android is not just a blueprint for the faraway future, but a complete platform that will give mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and developers everything they need to build innovative devices, software and services. We are committed to commercially deploy handsets and services using the Android Platform.

Members Include:

  • China Mobile Communications Corporation
  • T-Mobile - Serving more than 112 million mobile customers in Europe and the U.S., T-Mobile is one of the world's leading companies in mobile communications, and the mobile telecommunications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT)
  • NTT DoCoMo, Inc. - NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications operator, with 53 million customers, of which 40 million use the 3G/ FOMA service based on W-CDMA technology.
  • Sprint Nextel - Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services including the fastest and largest national mobile broadband network, a broad portfolio of devices and an wide array of applications, which enable customers to do the things that matter the most to them instantly and on the go – at SprintSpeed™.
  • KDDI CORPORATION - KDDI is a telecommunication operator that provides wide - ranging services from mobile to fixed in Japan.

Links & Further Information:

Open Handset Alliance Website - http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/

More detail on the platform: Go here for more detail on Google Android

Google Android Job Opportunities:

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