Tuesday, March 05, 2013

(BN) China Mobile Industry Too Dependent on Google Android

(Bloomberg ) China's smartphone makers are "heavily dependent" on Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Android mobile operating system, hampering the development of the domestic industry, according a white paper from a government research institute.

Android's core technology is strictly controlled by Google, and Chinese businesses face commercial discrimination, including delays in sharing code, according to a document dated in February from the China Academy of Telecommunication Research, under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

New market entrants will encounter substantial obstacles, the institute said. China has more than 300 local Android- handset manufacturers, accounting for 97.7 percent of domestically produced smartphones, the report said.

Worldwide, Android dominates the smartphone market with about 70 percent of shipments, followed by Apple Inc.'s iOS, and BlackBerry's operating system.

1 comment:

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