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Indian PC market grows by 12%
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 03 July 2003, 19:30 IST
BANGALORE: The PC market in India grew by a modest 12% according to a recent IDC report.
The report said the total PC market (including desktop, notebooks and servers) clocked 2.3 million units in the FY 2002 with a growth rate of 11.7 per cent. HCL lead the overall market for commercial desktops in FY 2002 with 133,237 units. HP came second in the overall commercial desktop market with 7.7 per cent of the total units shipped.
Aman Munglani, Head Computing Products Research said HCL's wide presence in the government sector led to its leadership position.
HP dominated the consumer desktop market with 52,037 units in FY 2002. The company's share totaled at 7 per cent of the overall consumer desktop units sold in FY 2002. HCL, stood second with close to 4 per cent share of the total consumer desktops sold in the country in FY 2002.
The report also found steady growth in the portable PC segment, driven by corporate and government demand. Shipments of all top 5-notebook vendors (HP, IBM, Toshiba, Dell, and Acer) registered steady year-on-year growth rates. Portable sales in India grew nearly 47 per cent compared to a year ago.
"In the long run though, a more significant recovery will occur, although 2003 could be a softer than expected. In 2005, reduction of customs under WTO regime will help the market," says Munglani. "Many e-government initiatives will be launched like process automation, national citizen IDs, smart cards and digital education. These initiatives will push IT growth as the government is one of the largest potential IT users", he adds.