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Thursday 7 May 2020
HTC performance remains flat in April
HTC has reported lackluster sales for April, as the expanding business of its Vive VR HMD lineup and related VR application services failed to make up the shortfall in smartphone...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against HTC in Japan
Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has won a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan against HTC Nippon and its local distributor Kanematsu Communications.
Thursday 16 April 2020
HTC keen on VR streaming service market
HTC is expected to tie up with telecom operators in the second half of 2020 at the earliest to jointly build up cloud platforms for VR applications, paving the way for its venturing...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
HTC expands VR theme park biz to Saudi Arabia
HTC will team up with Extra, a leading distributor of consumer electronics products in Saudi Arabia, to build a VR-based theme park-like center, dubbed Xtra Life, in Al Khbor, according...
Monday 24 February 2020
HTC eyes growing VR market in 2020
HTC is optimistic about its VR business in 2020 expecting the global VR industry to have potential to surge by 50% in terms of market demand that will emerge from both the consumer...
Friday 7 February 2020
HTC revenues tumble in January
HTC has reported decreased revenues for January, hampered by seasonality, a lack of flagship and 5G smartphones and a standstill of its VR business in China due to the coronavirus...
Monday 13 January 2020
AR/VR market to take off in 2021 on 5G commercialization
The AR/VR market is expected to take off in 2021 thanks to 5G commercialization, maturing 8K technology, the availability of AR/VR cloud platforms and game streaming services at telecom...
Wednesday 18 December 2019
HTC mulls cutting more jobs
HTC has confirmed that it will trim its workforce as it looks to ensure that the development of its core businesses will be able to secure sufficient resources for further advancem...
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Taiwan handsets – 3Q 2019
Taiwan makers shipped 14.21 million handsets in third-quarter 2019, up 3% sequentially but down 34.8% on year.
Monday 9 December 2019
HTC cuts VR headset prices, launches streaming service
HTC has reduced prices of its VR headsets and also released a Beta version of Viveport wireless cross-platform streaming services aiming to boost sales during the year-end shopping...
Thursday 5 December 2019
Medical center sets up MR anatomy lab with HTC support
Taiwan's National Defense Medical Center (NDMC), a military medical university, has cooperated with HTC DeepQ, the smartphone vendor's healthare research unit, to set up a MR-based...
Thursday 31 October 2019
HTC to expand Viveland theme park business
HTC is set to expand its VR-based Viveland theme park business in Hong Kong, India and the Middle East, in addition to its home market in Taiwan, according to HTC Vive vice president...
Thursday 24 October 2019
HTC moves to promote blockchain smartphones, VR business
HTC has been keen to make efforts to advance both of its handset and VR businesses after Yves Maitre took the reins as CEO at the Taiwan-based smartphone vendor in mid-September.
Monday 7 October 2019
HTC reports robust sales for September
HTC has reported revenues of NT$1.275 billion (US$41.24 million) for September, up 73.7% on month and 1.53% on year. The annual gains for the month were the company's first in two...
Friday 4 October 2019
5G, VR integration to bring in killer apps, says HTC executive
In addition to benefiting system operators, handset vendors and other players, the commercialization of 5G networks will help drive a fast development of VR applications, which could...