One Computer per 30 Person

Ratio in India Has Improved

India has travelled far from where it was about a decade ago. Nowhere is this true than in the information technology sector. The country has a computer for every 30 Indians now compared to one computer per 50 person two years ago, a latest report indicates. It also confirms the notion that India has relatively little problem of recession as the personal computers have registered a growth in sales this year also. 

 

The PC market in India witnessed a 7% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth in shipments in the first quarter of calendar year 2009 over fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker.

A press release issued by the company says, a total of 1.67 million units of Client PCs were shipped during the January-March quarter of 2009. Desktop PC shipments registered a sequential growth of 9% QoQ while notebook PC shipments recorded a growth of 3% QoQ. Overall PC shipments to the commercial segment were buoyed by demand from the Government, Education and Banking (nationalised banks) segments. Interestingly, all these sectors continue to record growth.

In spite of the overall subdued market, the total installed base of PCs in India surged past the 36 million units mark. The country now has one personal computer for every 30 Indians. This represents a significant improvement over March 2007 installed when the country boosted of one computer for every 50 Indians.

The top three players in the India Client PC market during 1Q CY2009 were HP, HCL and Dell in that order.