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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.
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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Shipments of personal computers in Asia-Pacific are expected to increase by 16 per cent year-on-year in 2004 as against the 13.5 per cent growth forecast for worldwide sales.
LG Electronics India Ltd on Friday announced the launch of 'Centrino' range of notebook personal computers in India with a target to sell about 7,200 units in the market this year.\n\n\n\n
Personal computer sales crossed 800,000 units during the October-December quarter, an impressive 87 per cent growth over the same period a year ago.
Sales of personal computers, in the first half of the current fiscal, touched 12.58 lakh (1.3 million) units, registering a growth of 32 per cent over the same period a year ago.
Personal computer sales touched 23.4 lakh (2.34 million) units during the first half of the current fiscal, registering a growth of 36 per cent over H1 of last fiscal.
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India's personal computer market grew 24 per cent in the July-September quarter touching 700,000 units over the same quarter a year ago with HP replacing HCL in the overall desktop market to achieve a 10 per cent market share.
Prices of high-end personal computers are likely to drop by 10-15 per cent, following the 30 per cent reduction in prices of some of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessors.
LG Electronics India is targeting to sell 200,000 personal computers in 2005 from 74,000 last year with the turnover of the IT division expected to increase during the year to Rs 1100 crore (Rs 11 billion).
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Personal computer shipment to India grew 19.5 per cent to cross 2.5 million units in 2003 with HP securing the top slot with a 9.6 per cent overall market share followed closely by HCL at 9.1 per cent in terms of units shipment.
The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested five people, including a man who they claimed to be the personal secretary of former minister Swami Prasad Maurya, for allegedly duping unemployed youth on the pretext of giving them government jobs.
India's personal computer market, in the second quarter (April-June, 2003), grew by 11.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis with HCL regaining the top spot in the commercial desktop space with 36,075 units and a marketshare of 9.6 per cent.
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