Open Handset Alliance


The Open Handset Alliance 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, Sprint Corporation, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems.
The OHA was established on 5 November 2007, led by Google with 34 members, including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile carriers 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, Microsoft, Nokia, HP, Samsung Electronics / Intel, and BlackBerry.
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, an open-source mobile phone platform based on the Linux kernel. An early look at the SDK was released to developers on 12 November 2007.
The first commercially available phone running Android was the HTC Dream. It was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on 18 August 2008, and became available on 22 October of that year.

Members

The members of the Open Handset Alliance are:
Joining dateNetwork operatorsSoftware developersOtherComponent manufacturersDevice manufacturers
Founding members
  • Ascender Corporation
  • eBay
  • Google
  • LivingImage
  • Myriad
  • Nuance Communications
  • PacketVideo
  • SkyPop
  • SONiVOX
  • Wind River Systems
  • Flex Comix
  • Nexus Telecom
  • The Astonishing Tribe
  • Audience
  • Broadcom Corporation
  • CSR Plc.
  • Intel Corporation
  • Marvell Technology Group
  • NVIDIA Corporation
  • Qualcomm
  • Synaptics
  • Texas Instruments
  • HTC
  • LG
  • Sony
  • Motorola Mobility
  • Samsung Electronics
  • Cetelix
  • December 2008
  • Vodafone
  • Softbank
  • OMRON
  • Borqs
  • Teleca
  • AKM Semiconductor
  • ARM
  • Atheros Communications
  • ST-Ericsson
  • ASUSTek
  • Garmin
  • Huawei Technologies
  • Sony Mobile
  • Toshiba
  • May–June 2009
  • China Unicom
  • SVOX
  • Acer
  • September 2009
  • MIPS Technologies
  • January 2010
  • Bouygues Telecom
  • Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
  • ZTE Corporation
  • May 2010
  • NXP Software
  • July 2010
  • Access
  • MediaTek
  • November 2010
  • VisualOn
  • June 2011
  • Intrinsyc
  • July 2011
  • Andago
  • Unknown
  • China Telecommunications Corporation
  • Telus
  • Cooliris
  • MOTOYA Co., Ltd.
  • Accenture
  • L&T Infotech
  • SQL Star International Inc.
  • Wipro Technologies
  • Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
  • Freescale Semiconductor
  • Gemalto
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation
  • Via Technologies
  • Alcatel Mobile Phones
  • Compal Communications
  • Dell
  • Foxconn
  • Haier
  • Kyocera
  • Lenovo
  • NEC
  • Sharp Corporation
  • Saygus
  • Citations