system mobile phone founded 2007 headquarters beijing china key people pat chan products ophone number of employees 650 website borqs.com borqs beijing ltd. chinese ; pinyin b s is an android software firm headquartered in beijing . borqs was founded in september 2007 and has offices in china india and the us . 1 in 2011 borqs was one of six mobile technology companies to receive a piece of 26 million in funding from intel . 2 borqs offers android customization and cloud software for operators and android commercialization services . contents 1 ophone development 2 awards 3 see also 4 references ophone development edit borqs has been a member of the open handset alliance since 2008 and is also a member of the symbian foundation . borqs is notable as the developer of the ophone or open mobile system oms for china mobile . 3 the ophone is a linux kernel based open source software platform that has been used in conjunction with china mobile s proprietary td scdma 3g network . version 2.0 of the ophone software has 50 000 registered developers and was launched in late 2009 . china mobile has signed up more than 20 handset vendors to develop phones for the ophone os . 4 ophone accounted for 38 % of the td scdma smartphone market at the end of 2011 . 3 it has been speculated in the chinese media that in time the ophone may break away from android entirely and establish itself as a fully independent operating system . 5 borqs has brought its ophone software to the us under the name android . 6 borqs provided software under the android branding for dell s line up of smartphones in the us . 7 awards edit deloitte s technology fast 50 china in 2012 listed borqs as the 9th fastest growing technology firm in china due to the company s three year growth of 1 054 % . 8 borqs ceo pat chan was named 2012 s beijing entrepreneur of the year by silicon dragon in 2012 for his work at borqs . 9 10 see also edit ophone references edit motorola fast track company bio motorola online . intel invests in open source the inquirer . a b borqs to launch ophone 3.0 in q1 2012 marbridge consulting daily report . chinese android ophone 2.0 makes debut telecoms.com . ophone may leave android and establish its own linux based kernel system in chinese . 2011 05 04 . according to the original copyright restrictions for android at the necessary time ophone will be able to completely cast off the android name and establish itself independently becoming a completely new smartphone terminal operating system . china s ophone to find its way to us as android computer world chinict conference china tech stars 3 00 borqs named to 2012 deloitte technology fast 50 china borqs pr . silicon dragon beijing entrepreneur of the year 2012 silicon ventures silicon dragon beijing entrepreneur award silicon dragon press blog v t e android development android application package apk android debug bridge android open accessory development kit android open source project android runtime art android 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