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Chinese Brands Take an Important Step Towards Building a Global Smartphone Ecosystem
Overview:
The Big 4, Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi (HOVX) have joined to form an organization called GDSA (Global Developer Service Alliance) which is planning to provide a platform for developers to upload apps to the app stores of the Big 4 (HOVX) easily and quickly. This is targeting overseas developers, so it is not for China.
This is a challenge to the Google Play Store and further to Google controlled Android itself.
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Neil Shah
Neil is a sought-after frequently-quoted Industry Analyst with a wide spectrum of rich multifunctional experience. He is a knowledgeable, adept, and accomplished strategist. In the last 18 years he has offered expert strategic advice that has been highly regarded across different industries especially in telecom. Prior to Counterpoint, Neil worked at Strategy Analytics as a Senior Analyst (Telecom). Neil also had an opportunity to work with Philips Electronics in multiple roles. He is also an IEEE Certified Wireless Professional with a Master of Science (Telecommunications & Business) from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Tom Kang
Tom is an expert in the telecoms industry with 14 years of experience. He provides practical advice for the short term goals of clients as well as insights for long term vision. Previously he was a celebrated world renowned analyst at Strategy Analytics. He first introduced value share and profit share. He also created the Smartphone Strategies service and headed the research growing it to become the largest service in the company. Tom also worked for LG Electronics within the Mobile Communications Company in various roles.
