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Basic Info:

HTC Corp, (TAIEX: 2498) is synonymous with innovative and affordable mobile handsets.HTC was established in 1997 by Cher Wang, Chairwoman, HT Cho, Director of the Board & Chairman of HTC Foundation, and Peter Chou, President and CEO. In quick time, HTC has found a niche for itself in the mobile handset segment.

HTC’s products are are recognized for their innovative mobility, internet integration and wide spectrum of multi-media capabilities. It will be prudent to talk about some of the firsts which HTC is attributed for…

1. First color palm-size PC (1999)
2. First Microsoft Pocket PC (2000)
3. First Microsoft wireless Pocket PC (2002)
4. First Microsoft powered Smartphone (2002)
5. First Microsoft Smart Music Phone (2004)
6. Large 2.8″ TFT touch-screen LCD display
7. First Microsoft 3G Phone (2005)
8. First Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Platform Phone (2005)
9. First tri-band UMTS 3G device on the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform (2006)
10. First Microsoft Windows 5.0 Smartphone (2006)
11. First Tri-band UMTS PDA
12. First intuitive touch screen to allow finger tip navigation (June 2007)

In the highly competitive smart phone market HTC has partnered with Microsoft and key mobile operators. Additional strategic partnerships include: Intel, Texas Instruments and Qualcomm; some of the largest mobile operators including Orange, 02, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Cingular, Verizon, Sprint and NTT DoCoMo.

HTC is focused towrads a continula engancement of its R&D capabilities – It has invested in a strong R&D team accounting for 25% of the total headcount and a world-class high-volume manufacturing facility, both based in Taiwan.

Achievements

• Ranked No. 10 among global IT companies in the 2008 Info Tech 100
  (Business Week, May 2008)
• Ranked No. 2 in the annual ranking of Asia’s best-performing companies.
  (Business Week, September 2007)
• Ranked No. 4 in the annual ranking of Asia’s best-performing companies.
  (Business Week, September 2006)
• Ranked No. 3 among global IT companies in the 2006 Info Tech 100
  (Business Week, July 2006)
• HTC is described as “the hottest tech outfit you never heard of”
  (Business Week, April 2006)
• Ranked No. 31 in the first annual ranking of Asia’s best-performing publicly listed companies
  (Business Week, October 2005)
• Ranked No. 10 among the 2005 Best Reputable Benchmark Corporations
  (Common Wealth, October 2005)
• Named as one of the 29 Best Business Ideas in the World
  (Business 2.0, August 2005)
• HTC Chairperson Cher Wang selected as an Innovator in the 2005 Stars of Asia: 25 Leaders on the Forefront of Change
  (Business Week, July 2005)
• Ranked No. 11 among global IT companies in the 2005 Info Tech 100
  (Business Week, June 2005)
• A leading maker of PDAs, PDA phones, and Smartphones
  (Wall Street Journal, March 2005)
• HTC Smartphone named as the best choice for 2005
  (T3, September 2004)
• Strong R&D has made HTC a pioneer in the wireless industry
  (Far Eastern Economic Review, September 2004)
• The latest tech all-star from Taiwan
  (Business Week, March 2003)
• Best newly listed company in Taiwan for 2002
  (Asiamoney, January 2003)

Products: The range of HTC products has been segmented into 3 categories…

[A] Touch Products: The most popular and advanced product in this line-up are -

• HTC Hero

  
  

• HTC Magic

  

• HTC Touch Diamond2

  

• HTC Touch Cruise

  

• HTC MAX 4G

  

• HTC Touch HD

  

[B] Touch or Type Products : The most popular products in this line-up are -

• HTC Touch Pro2

  

• HTC Dream

  

• HTC Touch Dual

  

[C] Type products: In this segment, the most sold products are -

• HTC Snap

  

• HTC S740

  

• HTC S730

  

Management:

[1] Cher Wang, Chairwoman
[2] HT Cho, Director of the Board & Chairman of HTC Foundation
[3] Peter Chou, President and CEO

Revenues:

The total revenues for March 2009 were NT$ 12,376 million, up 12.03 % YoY. For the first quarter of 2009, total revenues reached NT$ 31,590 million with -3.40% year-on-year decline.

Website: www.htc.com