HTC
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Headquarters in Xindian, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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| Traded as | : 2498 |
| Industry | Telecommunications equipment |
| Founded | May 15, 1997 |
| Headquarters | Xindian District, New Taipei City, Republic of China |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Peter Chou, Vice Chairman Cher Wang (Chairwoman & CEO) Fred Liu, COO |
| Products | Smartphones, tablets |
| Revenue |
 TWD 132,7 billion (2016) |
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TWD 19,8 million (2016) |
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TWD 15,5 million (2016) |
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| Total assets |
TWD 143,8 billion (2016) |
| Total equity |
TWD 86,7 billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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14,332 (August 1, 2016) |
| Subsidiaries |
S3 Graphics Saffron Digital |
| Website |
www www www www |
HTC Corporation (Chinese: 宏達國際電子股份有限公司; pinyin: Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī), stylised as hтc, is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Founded in 1997, HTC began as an original design manufacturer and original equipment manufacturer, designing and manufacturing devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
After initially making smartphones based mostly on Windows Mobile, HTC became a co-founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, a group of handset manufacturers and mobile network operators dedicated to the development of the Android mobile operating system. The HTC Dream, marketed by T-Mobile in many countries as the T-Mobile G1, was the first phone on the market to run Android. HTC later shifted to marketing its own devices, including the HTC One series. In 2011, HTC ranked as the 98th top brand on Interbrand's Best Global Brands report. A September 2013 media report stated that HTC's share of the global smartphone market is less than 3 percent. While rising back to 7.2 percent in April 2015 due to its strong sales of recent devices, its stock price had fallen by 90 percent since 2011, and the company experienced consecutive net losses. In 2016, HTC expanded into virtual reality hardware with the release of HTC Vive.
Cher Wang (王雪紅), H. T. Cho (卓火土), and Peter Chou (周永明) founded HTC in 1997. Initially a manufacturer of notebook computers, HTC began designing some of the world's first touch and wireless hand-held devices in 1998. The company is credited with creating the first Android smartphone, the first Microsoft-powered smartphone (2002) and the first Microsoft 3G phone (2005). Their first major product, one of the world's first touch-screen smartphones, appeared in 2000. As an ODM for HP and Palm, HTC built the HP iPAQ and the Palm Treo 650.
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