In September 212, some lawsuits surrounding the mobile phone operating system attracted a lot of media attention. From Apple's Samsung patent case to Google's pressure on Alibaba Cloud OS, many domestic mobile phone manufacturers have realized the necessity of developing their own operating systems. After Ren Zhengfei, president of Huawei, recently said that Huawei needs to make a mobile phone operating system, He Shiyou, executive vice president of ZTE, also revealed yesterday that ZTE is developing a mobile phone operating system based on independent intellectual property rights to cope with some uncertain factors in the future industry, especially the patent stick that may appear in the future.
At present, ZTE uses both WP and Android operating systems. In the fourth quarter of this year, ZTE may launch a mobile operating system based on independent development and independent intellectual property rights. He Shiyou said that this move is mainly to solve some uncertainties in the future, not only the mobile phone operating system, but also ZTE mobile phones should develop the underlying mobile phone chips.
In fact, as early as 23, ZTE developed its own mobile Phone operating system based on Linux, including Android, China Mobile's OPhone, China Unicom's WoPhone and Samsung's Bata operating system, all of which were based on Linux kernel.
at present, domestic mobile phone operating systems are divided into two categories. One is the secondary development based on Linux code, which claims to have "independent intellectual property rights", such as WoPhone of China Unicom and OS of Alibaba Cloud. The other is customized development based on Android system, such as MIUI of Xiaomi, OPhone of China Mobile, Le OS of Lenovo, ROM of Baidu Yi and Shanda Lezhong. In fact, many domestic mobile phone operating systems have begun to "scramble for land" in recent years.
according to the data from China Mobile, in the first quarter of 212, the mobile operating systems of e-commerce client users were mainly distributed on Android and iOS, accounting for 5.6% and 4.2% respectively, and the sum of other operating systems was less than 1%. "Once the intelligent terminal operating system is completely monopolized by foreign enterprises, the development of China's mobile Internet will face many security problems such as information and economy." Wang Ying, consultant of CCID Consulting's Electronic Information Industry Research Center, said that the development of independent operating system has become the knowledge of China's information industry. Last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology launched the application for the "National Science and Technology Major Project 212' Research and Development of Mobile Intelligent Terminal Operating System'", which was supported by financial support, and the domestic mobile operating system did set off a research and development boom.
However, a senior executive of a domestic mobile phone manufacturer once said that the mobile phone operating system is a huge project, and the people, property and so on needed are not determined by a certain manufacturer now. He also pointed out that even stronger operators such as China Mobile and China Unicom, after launching Phone and WoPhone, faced with huge problems of follow-up investment and industry consolidation.
However, domestic operating systems should not only provide integrated services that conform to China consumers' habits, but also further subdivide the market and find a correct positioning. For example, developing operating systems in specific fields such as information security and special industries. However, there is still a long way to go for a truly independent domestic operating system.