Chennai, November 26, 2009 - The overall India PC market sales (shipments) touched 21.9 lakh units during the July-September 2009 quarter, recording a 24% quarter on quarter growth pointing to a strengthening recovery. Desktop PC sales accounted for nearly two-thirds of total PC sales at 14.58 lakh units, representing a 15.2% increase quarter-on-quarter (3Q CY09 over 2Q CY09).

The sales of Notebook PCs grew at 46.4% quarter-on-quarter (3Q CY09 over 2Q CY09) crossing the 7 lakh mark in a single quarter, for the first time.

Personal computer shipments have grown for the last three consecutive quarters after dropping sharply from a peak of 22.59 lakh units in July-September 2008 to 15.60 lakh units in October-December 2008.

Table 1: India PC Shipments by Form Factor* and Growth Trends: July-September 09 vs. April-June 09 and July-September 09 vs. July-September 08*

Form Factor	3Q CY09	2Q CY09	3Q CY08	Growth (3Q CY09 over 2Q CY09)	Growth (3Q CY09 over 3Q CY08)
Desktop PCs	1,458,202	1,265,664	1,563,208	15.2%	-6.7%
Notebook PCs	731,707	499,879	695,632	46.4%	5.2%
Total Client PC	2,189,909	1,765,543	2,258,840	24.0%	-3.1%

In the overall PC (Notebooks and Desktops combined) market, HP retained the top spot with a market share* of 17.1%, while Dell (11.3%) and Acer (11.1%) took the second and third spots, respectively.

In terms of desktop PC shipments HP retained its top position with a market share* of 12.2%, followed by HCL and Acer in second and third spots, respectively during 3Q CY09. In terms of notebook PC shipments, HP retained the top spot with a market share* of 27.0% in 3Q CY09; Dell retained the second spot, while Acer came third.

Strengthening Signs of Market Revival
According to Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India, “The July-September 2009 quarter experienced a strong boost from new found consumer confidence that reflected in increased demand during the festive season. Overall Consumer PC sales recorded a 28% growth quarter-on-quarter (3Q CY09 over 2Q CY09). This performance underlines the recovery in the India PC market.”

The 21% quarter-on-quarter growth in the commercial PC shipments was a result of improved shipments across all sectors. While shipments to the public sector (Government) topped the growth charts during the quarter, the news of growth of shipments to large and very large enterprises will be welcomed by the industry.

“Commercial PC sales can be expected to steadily improve as the economy recovers. Even though the consumer PC segment recorded a faster 28% QoQ growth, industry will need to watch how the recovery in consumer PC shipments unfolds in the quarters ahead,” stated Sumanta Mukherjee, Lead PC Analyst, IDC India.

“The emerging mini notebook PC category needs to evolve in terms of processing power and graphics capabilities to compete with the mainstream notebook PC form factor. In the quarters ahead, the segment will desperately seek technology innovations to propel it to the next level of functionality and user adoption,” Sumanta further added.

Figure 1: India Overall PC Shipments and Year-on-Year Growth (%):
1Q CY08 to 3Q CY09*

Source: IDC India, 2009

Note for Editors: The India PC market size, growth rates and vendor shares reported here are in terms of “unit shipments”, interchangeably referred to as ‘sales’ in the press release. As per IDC taxonomy, unit shipments constitute a measure of the number of PCs shipped by a vendor to all distribution channels or directly to end users. Units are counted as they leave the vendor and are not double counted in the case of OEM relationships in which systems are shipped twice.

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