The enterprise-oriented version of Google’s mobile OS, Android for Work, has gained support from a roster of business partners that includes the top four U.S. mobile carriers.

Forty companies now support the BYOD-friendly software ecosystem, including device manufacturers, application makers and management providers, and for the first time, mobile carriers including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Rogers, Bell Canada, Telus Mobility and KT.

“The addition of carriers is a huge deal,” said Dan Olds, principal analyst with Gabriel Consulting Group. “This makes Android for Work truly international—they have enough carriers signed up that virtually any business, regardless of the carrier they choose, will have it available to them.”

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