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Open Handset Alliance
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Abbreviation OHA
Formation November 5, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-05)
Type Open mobile platform (Android) development organization
Headquarters Mountain View, California, U.S.
Region served
 Worldwide

The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium of 84 firms to develop open standards for mobile devices. Member firms include HTC, Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Google, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, T-Mobile, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems.

History

The OHA was established on November 5, 2007, led by Google with 34 members, including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile network operators and chip makers. Android, the flagship software of the alliance, is based on an open-source license and has competed against mobile platforms from Apple (iOS), Microsoft (Windows Phone), Nokia (Symbian), HP (formerly Palm), Samsung Electronics / Intel (Tizen, bada), and BlackBerry (BlackBerry OS).

As part of its efforts to promote a unified Android platform, OHA members are contractually forbidden from producing devices that are based on competing forks of Android.

Products

At the same time as the announcement of the formation of the Open Handset Alliance on November 5, 2007, the OHA also unveiled Android Open Source Project, an open-source mobile phone platform based on the Linux kernel. An early look at the SDK was released to developers on November 12, 2007.

The first commercially available phone running Android was the HTC Dream (also known as the T-Mobile G1). It was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on August 18, 2008, and became available on October 22 of that year.

Members

The members of the Open Handset Alliance are:

Joining date Network operators Software developers Component manufacturers Device manufacturers Other
November 2007
  • Ascender Corporation
  • eBay
  • Google
  • LivingImage
  • Myriad
  • Nuance Communications
  • PacketVideo
  • SkyPop
  • SONiVOX
  • Wind River Systems
  • Flex Comix
  • Nexus Telecom
  • The Astonishing Tribe
December 2008
  • OMRON
  • AKM Semiconductor
  • ARM
  • Atheros Communications
  • ST-Ericsson (joined as Ericsson Mobile Platforms)
  • Borqs
  • Teleca
May–June 2009
  • China Unicom
  • SVOX
September 2009
  • MIPS Technologies
January 2010
  • Bouygues Telecom
  • Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
May 2010
  • NXP Software
July 2010
  • Access
  • MediaTek
November 2010
  • VisualOn
June 2011
  • Intrinsyc
July 2011
  • Andago
Date unknown
  • China Telecommunications Corporation
  • Telus
  • Cooliris
  • Motoya Co., Ltd.
  • Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
  • Freescale Semiconductor
  • Gemalto
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation
  • Via Technologies
  • Accenture
  • L&T Infotech
  • SQL Star International Inc.
  • Wipro Technologies

See also

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