C K Technologies on Tuesday launched 'Shakti Office 1.72,' the latest version of its office suite software for personal computers, priced one-tenth of Microsoft's Office suite.
Aiming to be among the top five companies in the personal computer and laptop market in India by 2010, Japanese IT major Fujitsu on Wednesday said it has plans to capture about 20 per cent of the market in another four years.
As Lenovo gears up for consolidation after completing the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business, it is planning to use the products it was originally selling in China to bridge the gap in the range of IBM offerings in the Indian market.
The personal computer market grew 30 per cent to cross the 4.6 million units in 2005-06, according to IDC's India quarterly PC market tracker.
PC shipments have grown around 11.8 per cent over 2001, Vinod Nair, research analyst, hardware platforms, Gartner India said in a release while adding the large spenders continue to be finance, banking and telecom verticals.
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Aiming to corner a 10 per cent market share by 2009, Noida-based low cost mobile set manufacturer Spice Ltd on Thursday said it was in the process of setting up its own mobile manufacturing facility at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh.
Personal computer sales crossed 17.1 lakh (1.71 million) units during the first half of the current fiscal, showing a growth of 37 per cent over the same period last fiscal.
Marking a significant turnaround in personal computer sales, the desktop PC market clocked 23 lakh (2.3 million) units, registering a 37 per cent growth during 2002-03, compared to a negative growth of 11 per cent last year.
Personal computer maker Acer, which introduced two laptops on Intel's new Centrino Duo platform on Thursday, said it is expecting a 40 per cent rise in revenue this year to Rs 1,100 crore (Rs 11 billion).
Personal computer major Acer has announced the launch of its TravelMate 2312 NLCi (TM2312NLCi) with integrated wireless LAN connectivity and available at Rs 29,999 (plus taxes).
Matching the trend in Asia-Pacific PC market, India witnessed a 16.3 per cent rise in personal computer shipments in the first quarter of 2003 with the shipments touching 615,000 units, according to the latest study by Gartner.
Personal computer sales in the country are likely to grow 40 per cent during 2004-05 touching 4.2 million units, the Manufacturers Association of Information Technology said on Thursday.
Strong demand from the government, banking and technology sectors saw shipment of personal computers in India grow at an impressive 29 per cent year-on-year in 2004-05 to touch 3.6 million units, according to IDC.
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Personal computer sales in the country registered a growth of 32 per cent during 2003 at 2.3 million units as a result of sharp fall in computer prices that led to increased sales in small and medium enterprise sector, home and in non-metro cities.
The world's largest personal computer vendor, Dell opened its third contact centre in Mohali on Monday and plans to take the headcount at the facility to 1,500 in the next 12 months.
Personal computer sales crossed 9.21 lakh units in the third quarter of 2004-05, showing a growth of 14 per cent year-on-year and the fiscal is expected to end with 40 lakh units.
Pune-based International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT) has developed a low-cost personal computer - NiceTop - costing around Rs 10,000 for use in rural India and expects to launch it in the next two-three months.
Worldwide personal computer shipments in 2004 rose 14.7 per cent year-on-year to touch 177.5 million units but in 2005, the growth is expected to slow down to 10 per cent, according to analyst firm IDC.
The personal computer sales during the first quarter ended June 30, 2003 crossed 640,000 units, a growth of 26 per cent over the year-ago period, according to the Manufacturing Association of Information Technology.
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