One In Every 50 Indian Owns A PC

This is what the IDC India Quarterly PC Tracker survey has come up with.
The Indian client PC installed base crossed 22 million this year, more than
double in past three years. Notebook PC shipments showed significant growth,
capturing 20 percent of the total client PC shipments

In a year that witnessed all-round economic growth, the India client personal
computer (PC) market witnessed a 20 percent YoY growth in unit shipments (FY07
over FY06), according to IDC's India Quarterly PC Tracker, Q1 2007 release. With
this, the total installed base of PCs in India grew to more than 22 million,
that is, a PC for approximately every 50 Indians.

In the overall client PC (notebooks and desktops combined) market the
rankings remained unchanged. HP retained the top spot with a marketshare of 21.2
percent, followed by HCL at 13.5 percent, and Lenovo at 9.5 percent, in terms of
unit shipments during FY07. In terms of total desktop PC shipments, HP narrowly
led the market, followed by HCL and Lenovo in second and third spots during
FY07.

KAPIL DEVSINGH: “PCs form the backbone of IT adoption”

In terms of commercial desktop PC shipments HCL led the market in FY07
followed by HP and Lenovo. On the other hand, in terms of consumer desktop PC
shipments HP led the market in FY07 followed by HCL and Zenith.

In the notebook PC market alone HP retained the top spot with a marketshare
of 39.6 percent in FY07 in unit shipment terms. Lenovo came in at the second
spot with 17.6 percent marketshare and Toshiba climbed up to take the third spot
replacing Dell. During Q1 2007, HCL outpaced Toshiba and Dell to grab the third
spot.

Q1 2007 performance

During Q1 2007, the overall client PC market grew 15.9 percent YoY (Q1 2007
over Q1 2006) in terms of unit shipments. For the same period (Q1 2007 over Q1
2006), desktop PC shipments showed a growth of 6.3 percent, while notebook PC
shipments showed a growth of 73.1 percent (Q1 2007 over Q1 2006).

During Q1 2007, in terms of unit shipments of total desktop PCs, HCL narrowly
led the market by recording a marketshare of 16.9 percent. In terms of unit
shipments of notebook PCs during the quarter (Q1 2007) HP, Lenovo and HCL took
the top three spots.

Overall Client PC installed base in the country recorded a CAGR of 32.3
percent to grow from 9.5 million in 2003 to cross 22 million in 2006, thereby
more than doubling in a three-year time frame.

“The country has one PC for every 50 Indians today. This represents a
watershed era in the history of the Indian PC market. PCs form the backbone of
IT adoption,” said Kapil Dev Singh, Country Manager, IDC India.

“However, we still have miles to go as a country to evolve an ecosystem that
would help to take this trend to the next level, so that the benefits of
computerization reach the masses,” he added.

Notebook PC shipments show significant growth, capturing almost 20 percent of
total client PC shipments.

From a shipments share of 6.1 percent in FY05, notebook PC shipments grew to
12.7 percent in FY06 and ended FY07 at almost 20 percent of the overall client
PC market (in shipment terms).

This performance was contributed to a large measure by buoyant commercial
note­book PC shipments that grew on account of robust demand from the large
enterprise, SMB and education segments. Consumer notebook PC shipments recorded
more than 100 percent growth YoY (FY07 over FY06).