Indian computer sales soar by 20%
Indian computer sales jumped by 20% last year as per a survey by market research firm IDC India. PC sales rose from 5.4 million units in 2006 to 6.5 million units in 2007.
Laptop sales surged to 1.8 million from 980,000 units.
HP led with 21% of market share, HCL came in second with 13% while Lenovo filled up the 3rd spot with 10% of the market share. Consumer PC sales grew by 23%, overtaking commercial PC sales, which grew at 19%.
The Rs. 14000 laptop from HCL Infosystems launched in January 2008 should give an additional boost to the number of shipped units this year.
via release and here (pic courtesy: AFP)
An additional interesting tidbit from the release: India is the fastest growing market for SAP, which doubled its customer base to 3000 in 2007.
