HTC, one of the pioneers of the Android smartphone business, has halted trading in its shares pending the "release of material information," sometime tomorrow, 21st September. It is thought that the announcement will concern a Google takeover. HTC and Google have been good partners previously, creating some attractive smart devices together over recent years, and might even be behind some of the devices to be announced at the Pixel special event on 4th October.
The weight of the chitter-chatter suggests that the major announcement will be HTC's acquisition by Google. Various reliable sources suggest this including; Twitter-based smartphone leaker Evan Blass, and Bloomberg reporter Tim Culpan. Reports surfaced on Bloomberg's official news channel in August about a possible deal with Google, and this was described as one of the preferred 'face-saving' possibilities for HTC's co-founder and largest shareholder, Cher Wang.
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