China Mobile, the biggest mobile telecom carrier in China, has reportedly made new progress cooperating with Google. And it will come up with the Ophone jointly with Google, according to insiders in the know. On top of that, other IT giants such as Lenovo will also join the league.

China Mobile is about to introduce Android, the first mobile phone launched by search giant Google, to China in the second quarter of 2009.

The telecom titan will also sell Android in China by making cooperation with HTC, the original equipment maker of Android.

Being one of the members of the open-source mobile phone league, China Mobile started developing Linux mobile operating system as early as 2007 with Google, Marvell, and Borqs.

Android is an open-source platform. Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and LG are all showing great interests in manufacturing Android handsets.

In additional to Android, China Mobile is also trying to introduce Apple's iPhone. Hong Kong media said that if China Mobile launches iPhone in the mainland, the handset may not support 3G and Wi-Fi functions.

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