From PC World: A deal for Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer to buy struggling phone-maker HTC makes sense to some, and on Friday Asus’s chairman said he wouldn’t rule it out.
An acquisition of HTC would certainly help the PC maker boost its presence in the smartphone market. Asus has only recently begun selling handsets, but it’s aiming at shipping 17 million units this year.
At the Asus shareholders’ meeting on Friday, Chairman Jonney Shih said in response to a question that Asus wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of buying HTC, but that no formal evaluation had been made, according to company spokesman Nick Wu.
In a video news broadcastposted online, Shih added that it would have to consider the two companies’ intentions behind such a merger.
Both Asus and HTC are Taiwanese firms, and the island’s tech industry has been under pressure, with the rise of Apple, Samsung and vendors from mainland China.
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