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03-04-2010, 07:10 PM
China Unicom (www.chinaunicom.com.hk), China's No. 2 mobile carrier, said it will sell handsets running Google's Android operating system, dispelling doubts raised after a dispute between Google and the Chinese government.
In January, Google postponed the launch of two Android-based mobile handsets in China, for which Unicom would have been the carrier. The delay followed a high-pro-file spat between Google and Beijing over a hacking incident and Google's unhappiness over having to self-censor its Web-based search results in China.
"We are open to mobile phone operating systems, and we recognize that Android is a mainstream system," Unicom chairman Chang Xiaobing said Wednesday on the sidelines of the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing. "We will definitely use Google's Android in our mobile handsets."
China's top mobile carrier, China Mobile, is also selling cell phones in China running the Android operating system.
The future of Android in China was briefly called into question in January after Google said it was postponing the launch of two mobile phones in the country using the open source platform, which Google is using to challenge similar products from Microsoft and Nokia.
Source: Global Times
In January, Google postponed the launch of two Android-based mobile handsets in China, for which Unicom would have been the carrier. The delay followed a high-pro-file spat between Google and Beijing over a hacking incident and Google's unhappiness over having to self-censor its Web-based search results in China.
"We are open to mobile phone operating systems, and we recognize that Android is a mainstream system," Unicom chairman Chang Xiaobing said Wednesday on the sidelines of the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing. "We will definitely use Google's Android in our mobile handsets."
China's top mobile carrier, China Mobile, is also selling cell phones in China running the Android operating system.
The future of Android in China was briefly called into question in January after Google said it was postponing the launch of two mobile phones in the country using the open source platform, which Google is using to challenge similar products from Microsoft and Nokia.
Source: Global Times