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RCom ties up with HTC for smartphone devices

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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE: S. P. Shukla (right), President, Reliance Communications, with Peter Chou, CEO and President, HTC Corp., at a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: HTC Corporation, leading makers of smartphone devices, on Thursday announced its strategic alliance Reliance Communications to promote its next generation CDMA devices in India.

Launches 2 models

To begin with, both companies launched two new smart devices — HTC P3000 and HTC S720 — priced at Rs. 16,500 and Rs. 19,500, respectively.

The announcement marks HTC’s foray into the fast-growing CDMA market in India. It will enable Reliance Communications to offer a wider range of world-class PDA (personal digital assistant) devices on the CDMA platform for its high-end data usage customers.

“A future-proof, top-of-the-line integrated telecom network, enabling a diverse suite of feature rich voice, data and video applications for millions of Indian consumers, is the key idea behind inception of Reliance Communications,” said Reliance Communications President S. P. Shukla.

“The alliance with HTC is in line with our strategic intent to provide high-end devices empowering Reliance customers to access email, Internet and data applications on the move. HTC’s technological edge and Reliance’s in-depth consumer insights would enable us to continuously offer top-of-the-line handsets catering to emerging market trends in the Indian telecom landscape,” he added.

According to HTC CEO and President Peter Chou: “The partnership with Reliance Communications further strengthens HTC’s commitment to serve the growing demands of Indian consumers. With the introduction of the HTC P3000 and HTC S720, customers will soon have access to these innovative CMDA devices.”

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