Peng Yu Zhao

UTStarcom, Inc. provides telecommunication services. The firm provides interactive, protocol-based network solutions, including the integration and support services in Internet Protocol TV, Interactive TV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators. It focus is to design and sell IP-based telecommunications infrastructure products including its primary product suite of IPTV, and broadband solutions along with the ongoing services relating to the installation, operation and maintenance of these products. The company was founded by Hong Liang Lu and Ying Wu in June 1991 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

China Mobile Research Institute provides telecommunication technology solutions and is ultimately controlled by the Government of China. The company is based in Beijing, China.

On April 24, 2008, China Mobile Limited, SOFTBANK and Vodafone announced an agreement to establish a Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) to develop mobile Internet services. In April 2009, Verizon Wireless announced their intention to join the JIL. The four companies will use the JIL as a platform to develop mobile services and drive innovation and synergy in the industry to the benefit of their combined global customer base of 1 billion customers. The JIL will launch projects based on emerging technologies and market demand and will focus on the rapidly growing areas of mobile Internet services, such as mobile widgets. Initially, the JIL plans to develop a platform for mobile widgets to encourage the development of innovative new services that can leverage mobile operators' unique capabilities. The JIL also welcomes the co-operation of vendors and developers in the creation of new applications and services. This move is expected to enable different widgets and applications to run seamlessly on different handset platforms and operating systems across different mobile operators, while safeguarding customer security, data privacy and billing systems. The development of a widget platform is expected to benefit both developers and users.