Fourteen companies have joined the Open Handset Alliance, demonstrating their support for Android as an open mobile platform and their commitment to its commercial success. These new members include AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corp., and Vodafone.

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"Sony Ericsson is excited to announce its membership of the Open Handset Alliance and confirm its intention to develop a handset based on the Android platform," said Rikko Sakaguchi, CVP and head of creation and development at Sony Ericcson. "We believe Sony Ericsson can bring a wealth of experience in making consumer-focused multimedia handsets with new user experience to the Alliance drawing on the successes of the Walkman and Cyber-shot sub-brands."

The new members will deploy compatible Android devices, contribute significant code to the Android Open Source Project, or support the ecosystem through products and services that will accelerate the availability of Android-based devices. With these commitments, the Alliance said, it will continue to drive greater and faster innovation for the benefit of mobile users and everyone in the industry.

"ARM is very pleased to join the Open Handset Alliance and to contribute ARM's OpenMax DL libraries and insight on the ARM architecture to the Android Open Source Project," said Ian Drew, vice president of marketing at ARM. "Android is an excellent platform to enable Web 2.0 services on mobile devices and demonstrates the innovation that ARM is seeing around mobile devices."

The continued contributions of the Open Handset Alliance's members to Android give everyone in the mobile ecosystem a free and complete mobile platform to build Android devices. The new members will add to the momentum of Android device availability, giving developers an even greater opportunity to deploy compelling applications that will reach a global audience. As a result, the Alliance said, consumers around the world benefit from a superior mobile experience that features less expensive devices, more compelling services, rich Internet applications, and easier-to-use interfaces.

• Open Handset Alliance
• Android

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