The India PC market witnessed a 7% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth in shipments in 1Q first quarter of calendar year 2009 over fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker.

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.

The Government sector had the potential to spend more in 1QCY2009. Some of this spending is expected to resurface after the formation of a new government, post the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

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.

Table 1: India PC Shipments and Growth by Form Factor: 1Q 2009 over 1Q 2008*

Form Factor	1Q 2008 in ’000s of units	4Q 2008 in ’000s of units	1Q 2009 in ’000s of units	Growth 1Q 2009 over 1Q 2008	Growth 1Q 2009 over 4Q 2008
Desktop PCs	1,481	1,109	1,213	-18%	9%
Notebook PCs	590	454	466	-21%	3%
Total Client PC	2,072	1,563	1,679	-19%	7%

*According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker 2009, 1Q 2009, May 2009 release

“Though the Year-on-Year (YoY) ‘growth’ rate* of India Client PC shipments dropped 19% (1Q CY2009 versus 1Q CY2008), this was an improvement over the previous quarter, indicating the market has perhaps already bottomed out,” said Sumanta Mukherjee, Lead Analyst, Computing Products Research, IDC India.

“With a number of significant government-funded education and e-Governance projects lined up in the coming quarters, a lot will hinge on how quickly the new government settles down to business”, he added.

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