Taiwan-based, fables semiconductor company, MediaTek Inc. announced joining the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) thereby aligning with over 71 players from the mobile industry having a joint aim of developing the Android platform.

“Android is an innovative platform to enable the best user experience of today’s connected world with online multimedia, services and social networking and we are excited to support the mission of the OHA in advancing the adoption of AndroidTM in the market. As an OHA member, MediaTek strives to provide device makers and partners with multimedia-rich chipset solutions, efficient services and experienced technical teams that differentiate our AndroidTM -based solutions. ” says Jeffrey Ju, GM of MediaTek Wireless Communication Business Unit for Smartphone.