HTC hopes it still rings a bell in India

Kolkata: Taiwanese smartphone brand HTC is in talks with Micromax, Lava and Karbonn to return to the Indian market, according to three senior industry executives.

HTC will earn royalty in return, a business model it wants to embark on for the Indian market where it failed to thrive in the face of Chinese smartphone onslaught and exited last year. The company now sells a few old models it had launched last year on e-commerce marketplaces Amazon and Flipkart, the executives said.