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Smart Phone Maker Records Higher Profit
Taiwan’s top smartphone maker, HTC, said last Friday that its fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year earlier amid strong demand in global markets, our correspondent reports that net profit for the October-December quarter surged to New Taiwan dollars 14.59bn ($500m), up by 160 per cent from a year earlier, and a 31 per cent increase from the third quarter, the company said in a statement.
Unconsolidated revenue totalled $104bn in the final quarter, up from $41.07bn the year before.
HTC experienced fast business growth last year on the strength of its design and production of the first handset based on Google Incorporated’s Android operating system.
HTC shipped 24.6 million handsets in total last year, up by 111 per cent from 2009. First quarter sales are expected to reach 8.5 million handsets this year, officials said.
It’s fourth-generation smartphone launched late last year would be marketed by US carriers, Verizon and AT and T, officials said.
The Chief Executive Officer, HTC, Mr.Peter Chou, said the company began building its brand awareness globally in 2009 to seize on last year’s “explosive growth” in smartphone demand.
To meet expected double-digit world market growth in 2011, Chou said HTC would double its monthly capacity in its Shanghai factory to two million handsets and will consider outsourcing if that becomes necessary.
Chou also said that HTC would branch out into tablet computers, but declined to give details.
He said, “It’s a new market with many competitors, and we don’t want to rush into it. “We hope the product we eventually unveil will be one that meets consumers’ needs.”
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