China Mobile Industry Too Dependent on Google Android
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China’s smartphone makers are “heavily dependent” on Google Inc.’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.