Taiwan News
Date: 2019/05/24
By: Central News Agency
Taipei (CNA) – Taiwan-based smartphone brand HTC Corp. said Friday that it will start to
HTC is betting on 5G to revive its fortunes (By Central News Agency)
ship the first-of-its-kind 5G mobile smart hub in the U.S. market at the end of May as it bets on 5G to help it revive its sagging fortunes.
HTC said Sprint, one of the major telecom carriers in the U.S. market, started pre-sale orders for the Taiwanese brand’s 5G hub on May 17 in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Kansas City, where the 5G hub is compatible with Sprint’s technology. Shipments will begin on May 31.
Over the next few weeks, HTC’s 5G hub will go on sale in other U.S. cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix and Washington for use in Sprint’s 5G network.
HTC has also made inroads into the Australian 5G market as the 5G hub has been available through the online channel of telecom operator Telstra since May 22, the smartphone brand said. [FULL STORY]
