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Open Handset Alliance

Consortium of firms that develops open standards for mobile devices

Consortium of firms that develops open standards for mobile devices

FieldValue
imageOHA wordmark.svg
image_altWordmark of Open Handset Alliance
logoOpen Handset Alliance logo.svg
logo_altLogo of Open Handset Alliance
logo_size250px
formation
typeOpen mobile platform (Android) development organization
headquartersMountain View, California, U.S.
abbreviationOHA
region_servedWorldwide
website

The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) was a consortium led by Google that developed the Android mobile operating system. Its member firms included HTC, Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics (formerly), T-Mobile, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems.

The OHA was established on November 5, 2007, with 34 members, including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile network operators and chip makers. 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.

Although not officially stated, the alliance has remained dormant, with many OHA partners having withdrawn from the smartphone market. The Open Handset Alliance's website was last updated in July 2011, suggesting the Alliance is no longer a going concern. This was also before Google developed their own line of phones with Google Pixel since October 2016, replacing their Nexus line of phones.

Products

At the same time as the announcement of the formation of the Open Handset Alliance on November 5, 2007, the OHA also unveiled the Android Open Source Project, an open-source mobile phone platform based on the Linux kernel.

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 dateNetwork operatorsSoftware developersComponent manufacturersDevice manufacturersOtherNovember 2007url=http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_120908.htmltitle=Open Handset Alliance announces 14 new membersdate=December 9, 2008publisher=Open Handset Allianceaccess-date=December 9, 2008archive-date=November 6, 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106095337/http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_120908.htmlurl-status=live }}May–June 2009September 2009January 2010May 2010July 2010November 2010June 2011July 2011Date unknown, before 2015

References

References

  1. "Alliance FAQ".
  2. (November 5, 2007). "Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices". Open Handset Alliance.
  3. (November 5, 2007). "Open Handset Alliance members page". Open Handset Alliance.
  4. (September 15, 2012). "Alibaba: Google just plain wrong about our OS". CNET News.
  5. Amadeo, Ron. (October 21, 2013). "Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary". Ars Technica.
  6. (November 5, 2021). "Open Handset Alliance: Where are all the phone makers now?".
  7. "Open Handset Alliance".
  8. (November 5, 2007). "Developers". Open Handset Alliance.
  9. (August 18, 2008). "FCC Approved HTC Dream". Engadget.
  10. Brockman, Joshua. (September 24, 2008). "Google Is Calling. Will You Answer?".
  11. (October 15, 2008). "Open Handset Alliance Members".
  12. (December 9, 2008). "Open Handset Alliance announces 14 new members". Open Handset Alliance.
  13. (May 17, 2009). "Open Handset Alliance member announcements".
  14. (May 27, 2009). "SVOX announces its joining of the Open Handset Alliance". SVOX.
  15. (June 1, 2009). "Acer announces its joining of the Open Handset Alliance". Acer.
  16. (September 30, 2009). "MIPS Technologies Joins the Open Handset Alliance". MIPS Technologies, Inc..
  17. (January 6, 2010). "Bouygues Telecom devient membre de l'Open Handset Alliance". bboxnews.fr.
  18. (January 15, 2010). "ZTE to launch Android handsets this quarter". ZTE.
  19. (January 22, 2010). "Sasken joins Open Handset Alliance". SASKEN.
  20. (May 18, 2010). "NXP Software Joins the Open Handset Alliance". NXP.
  21. (July 29, 2010). "Access Joins the Open Handset Alliance". Access.
  22. (July 12, 2010). "MediaTek Joins the Open Handset Alliance Continuous Commitment to Providing Multimedia-Rich Android Solutions". MediaTek.
  23. (November 9, 2010). "VisualOn Joins the Open Handset Alliance to Enhance the Multimedia Capabilities of the Android Platform". VisualOn.
  24. (December 27, 2010). "Open Handset Alliance Members Mobile Operators".
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