uTest, which provides a "software testing marketplace, is capitalizing on the growing mobile applications market by providing developers with professional QA services via its global community of professional testers," the company said March 6.

uTest has expanded its global application testing capabilities to the mobile sector, where development is fragmented into different environments for the various devices and mobile phone platforms. The company has access to more than 14,000 professional testers from 150 countries, it said in a news release.

The newly announced mobile application testing capability "enables mobile application developers to get comprehensive testing coverage based on location, language, handset manufacturer, wireless carrier, operating system and more," the company said, adding that its "global testing coverage has made uTest an ideal option for mobile developers looking to bring higher-quality applications to market faster."

For instance, 1Cast, a broadcast platform that "delivers up-to-the-minute news video on the desktop and smartphone platforms such as the iPhone and Android, has been working with uTest for the past few months and has already seen the benefits of using a crowdsourced QA team," uTest officials said. uTest helped 1Cast deliver its latest smartphone application on schedule and within budget.