ZTE Corp today announced joining the Open Handset Alliance where it will work with 60 other mobile industry players towards development of the Android platform with an ultimate aim to enhance end-user experience.

“With the growing trend and popularity of Android smartphones, ZTE is committed to invest in this innovative platform to meet the market demand,” said Mr. Lin Qiang, General Manager of ZTE Smartphones. “To accommodate this trend, ZTE has invested heavily in the research and development of Android smartphones during the last year. In the first quarter of this year ZTE will launch smartphones based on the Android platform.”

Android is a complete, open mobile phone software stack. Android is available as open source via the Apache v2 license, and it is designed from the ground up to enable the best user experience possible on a mobile phone. It leverages web and Internet content to provide advanced services such as mobile mash-ups and location-based applications.