Open Handset Alliance
Consortium of firms that develops open standards for mobile devices From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium led by Google that develops Android.[1] Its member firms included HTC, Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, T-Mobile, Nvidia, and Wind River Systems.[2]
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| Abbreviation | OHA |
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| Formation | November 5, 2007 |
| Type | Open mobile platform (Android) development organization |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
Region served | Worldwide |
| Website | Official website |
The OHA was established on November 5, 2007, with 34 members,[2] including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile network operators and chip makers.[3] 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.[4][5]
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.[2] An early look at the Android SDK was released to developers on November 12, 2007.[6]
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,[7] and became available on October 22 of that year.[8]
Members
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The members of the Open Handset Alliance are:
| Joining date | Network operators | Software developers | Component manufacturers | Device manufacturers | Other |
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| November 2007[9] |
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| December 2008[10] |
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| July 2011 |
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| Date unknown, before 2015 |
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