Indian PC shipments to grow by 20 pc in 2007: Gartner

Bangalore, Mar 20 (UNI) Triggered by the growing Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment, the PC shipments in India was expected to grow by 20 per cent during this year.

Analyst Gartner, in a release here today, said worldwide PC shipments were forecast to total 255.7 million units in 2007, a 10.5 per cent increase from 2006. Worldwide PC revenue was projected to reach 213.7 billion Dollars, a 4.6 per cent increase.

''We expect the market environment to be much the same over the near term as it has been recently. Emerging markets and mobile PCs will continue to afford PC vendors their best opportunities for growth. However, falling average selling prices (ASPs), slowing replacement activity and further declines in mature market desk-based PC shipments will keep PC vendors under pressure to rationalise their operations or exit the market,'' Mr George Shiffler, Research Director for Gartner Dataquest's Client Platforms Markets Group, said.

Commenting on the India market, Gartner India Principal Analyst Diptarup Chakraborti said ''the consumer and the SMB segments will be the major drivers of the Indian market. High demand for mobile PCs bolstered the growth, overtaking sales in the desk-based segment. With a greater focus given to e-governance, the Government spend is expected to propel the market further North.'' UNI