Type: Public
On the web: http://www.htc.com

HTC Corporation designs and manufactures mobile computing devices (smartphones and PDAs). Established in 1997, the company is a hardware platform development partner with Microsoft for its Windows Mobile operating systems. Intel, QUALCOMM, and Texas Instruments also are among HTC's strategic partners. Originally a contract electronics manufacturer, the company now aggressively markets phones under its own brand. The HTC Dream was the first cell phone to feature Google's Android software operating system. Other devices include the Hero, Imagio, Tilt, and Pure. Its phones are marketed by wireless communications carriers including T-Mobile USA. HTC gets most of its sales from exports.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $9,480.7M
One year growth: 111.5%
Net income: $1,344.5M
Income growth: 91.7%

Officers:
Chairman: Cher Wang
President and CEO: Peter Chou
Corporate SEVP and President Engineering and Operations: Fred Liu

Competitors:
Apple Inc.
Nokia
Research In Motion

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