L&T Infotech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the USD 9.8 Billion Larsen & Toubro, announced here today that it has joined the Open Handset Alliance™ (OHA). The OHA has developed Android™, the first open and free Mobile Platform. OHA is a partnership of more than 65 global mobile industry leaders who have come together to accelerate innovation in mobile technology and to offer consumers a unique, simplified, less expensive and better mobile experience.
L&T Infotech is a leading provider of IT & engineering services offerings, solutions and Intellectual Property components in the Telecom Domain. L&T Infotech provides services to handset OEMs, ODMs, telecom service providers and platform vendors. L&T Infotech’s services portfolio includes platform & application development; middleware solutions; device testing and support services.
L&T Infotech’s expertise on various Android releases has been instrumental in assisting handset OEMs to launch their Android-based devices in a short span of time. L&T Infotech has also demonstrated solutions on various convergent and entertainment devices, enabling proliferation of Android into multiple device segments. L&T Infotech will strongly advocate for the Android Platform to become the platform of choice for the enterprise segment in their mobility strategy, by developing value adding enterprise solutions.
“We are very excited to join the OHA. We have a very strong engineering team that adds value to our clients in the Telecom domain on a continuous basis. By joining OHA, we will continue to demonstrate our focus and commitment towards the Android platform.” said Mr. Sudip Banerjee, Chief Executive Officer of L&T Infotech.
About OHA
The Open Handset Alliance™ (OHA) is a group of mobile and technology leaders who share the vision for changing the mobile experience for consumers. Android, developed by the OHA, is a complete, open mobile phone software stack. It includes everything a manufacturer or an operator needs to build a mobile phone.
Android is not just a blueprint for the faraway future, but a complete platform that will give mobile operators, handset manufacturers, and developers everything they need to build innovative devices, software and services. All the OHA members are committed to commercially deploy handsets and services, using the Android Platform.
About L&T Infotech
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (L&T Infotech), one of the fastest growing IT Services companies, is ranked by NASSCOM among the top software & services exporters from India in 2009. Ranked among 2009 ‘Leaders’ in the prestigious Global 100 list released by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of US $ 9.8 billion Larsen & Toubro, India’s largest engineering-to-financial services organization, L&T Infotech is differentiated by its unique Business-to-IT Connect, which is a result of its rich corporate heritage.
Ranked No. 5 globally among the Best IT Services Providers by Global Services in 2009, we offer comprehensive, end-to-end software solutions and services in the following industry verticals: Banking & Financial Services; Insurance; Energy & Petrochemicals; Manufacturing (Consumer Packaged Goods/ Retail, High-tech, Industrial Products, Automotive) and Product Engineering Services (Telecom). Our new emerging verticals include Media & Entertainment and Life Sciences & Healthcare. We also deliver business solutions to our clients in the following horizontals/Service Lines: SAP, Oracle, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing, Consulting and Business Process Services. Our other Service offerings are: Business Analytics, Legacy Modernization, Applications Outsourcing, Architecture Consulting, PLM and Service Oriented Architecture.
The Product Engineering Services Group at L&T Infotech has a proven track record of developing and deploying telecom technologies, products, applications and platforms for renowned telecom players across the globe. We provide software and hardware engineering services to leading OEMs, ODMs, chipset vendors, telecom carriers and ISVs. We support clients in the areas of chip design, hardware design, firmware, middleware, software engineering, applications & content all the way from design, development to deployment.
Our telecom domain expertise spans across: Infrastructure; Mobile Devices; Entertainment Products; Computing, Storage & Data Networking; Test & Validation; VLSI Design; and Hardware & Platform.
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