In New Delhi: The overall India PC market sales touched 24.9 lakh units during the October-December 2010 quarter recording a 26% year-on-year (October-December 2010 over October-December 2009) increase, but dropped 11% quarter-on-quarter (October-December 2010 over July-September 2010), says a recent report from IDC
Desktop PC sales accounted for 14.5 lakh units, representing a 14% increase year-on-year (October-December 2010 over October-December 2009). The sales of Notebook computers grew at 49% year-on-year (October-December 2010 over October-December 2009), to reach 10.4 lakh units for the quarter.
In the overall PC (Notebooks and Desktops combined) market, HP regained the market leadership after two quarters with an increased market share of 17.3% in terms of sales, while Dell (14.2%) and Acer (11.5%) grabbed the second and third spots, respectively.
In terms of desktop PC sales HP and HCL were statistically tied for first position with shares* of 10.86% and 10.78%, respectively; Acer came at the third spot during 4Q 2010. For notebook PC sales, HP reclaimed its position at the top with a market share of 26.2% in 4Q 2010; Dell and Acer notched the second and third places, respectively.
"High inflation and low industrial growth rates failed to dampen the PC market in the 4th quarter of calendar year 2010. As the market came off the traditional peak, it was still able to return an impressive year-on-year growth, indicating the inherent strength of consumer and commercial demand", stated Anirban Banerjee, Associate Vice President, Research, IDC India.
"2010 has been an impressive year of recovery for the India PC market after a dismal 2009. While consumers have been the main architects of this recovery, it has been ably supported by renewed buying sentiment displayed by the SMB and government segments", stated Sumanta Mukherjee, Lead PC Analyst, IDC India.
"The very large business and large business space experienced a healthy demand for PCs as the global economy started stabilizing, stimulated by the revival of the IT-ITeS vertical among others. This trend triggered a fresh round of investments in IT infrastructure", added Sumanta.
"Sales of Atom processor-based mini notebook PCs are likely to come under increasing pressure, as competitive offerings of rivals start becoming available in March 2011. Emergence of Media Tablets will also impact this category in the long run", Sumanta further opined.
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