The Point.fr – Published on 27/12/2013 at 11:07 am
Taiwanese Justice indicted a design manager and five employees of HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker, for allegedly divulging trade secrets to China. Chien Chih-lin, vice president of product design division, is accused of revealing information about the design of the design of a multifunctional phone to be launched soon, said prosecutors. The designer wanted to start another company in China, they added.
This person is prosecuted for abuse of trust, accepting bribes, kickbacks from subcontractors and cheated on his expense for 33560000 Taiwan dollars (812,000 euros), said the Taiwanese justice. If found guilty and facing ten years in prison. Five of his colleagues are also involved in this matter. The smartphone maker HTC is losing ground compared to other major groups, including the South Korean Samsung and U.S. Apple on the smartphone market.
According to consulting firm IDC, the Taiwanese held in 2012 a global market share of 4.6%, down sharply from the 8.8% still occupied in 2011. Samsung posted about it a market share of 30.3% in 2012 and Apple 19.1%, according to the firm. In the second quarter of 2013, HTC was no longer part of the ten largest sellers of smartphones, according to data from another consulting firm ABI Research.
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