HTC Corp has finalised its ‘Make in India’ plans, becoming the second major global smartphone maker to produce handsets in the country, after South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co. The Taiwanese premium smartphone maker has entered into an agreement with Global Devices Network, which set up a manufacturing and assembling unit three months ago in Noida, to make the handsets on contract.
Trials have already begun and commercial production is expected to start from mid-July, initially catering to HTC’s requirements in India and eventually Africa and the Middle East, three senior industry executives said.
An email sent to HTC India did not elicit any response till Monday press time. Global Devices Network managing director Nitesh Gupta confirmed the company is in talks to start commercial assembling of HTC smartphones, which should be finalised by next month. “It’s a contract manufacturing agreement,” he said, declining to share further details.
Global Devices Network already produces smartphones for Zen and is in talks with other device sellers. It is owned by the Gupta family of New Delhi and distributes Samsung smartphones, manufactures mobile phone accessories, invests in companies that distribute HTC smartphones and runs a cellphone retail chain.
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