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Gartner: IT Device Spend in India will Reach $27.8 Billion in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Gartner estimates that Indian IT spending on devices will reach $27.8 billion in 2017, a growth of 23.2% year-on-year. It is also expected to grow another 13% in 2018, up to $31.4 billion. The …

DishTV Implements HD for All Initiative

by Andrew Fenn

Indian direct-to-home Pay TV service DishTV has rolled out HD capability to the set-top-boxes of its entire user base, as well as launching a dedicated high-definition STB, the DishNXT HD. With a view to …

Tags:HDTV| India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Indian Tablet Market Stable Thanks To Commercial Growth

by Yvette Raikes

Although consumer tablet buying fell 13.8% QoQ and 26.8% YoY in Q2, due to the introduction of the Goods and Service Tax, healthy growth in the commercial sector contributed to a 2.9% rise to …

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Further Reforms Cause Drop in Indian PC Market

by Yvette Raikes

Overall Q2 PC shipments to India were 1.75 million, down 18.9% QoQ and 18% YoY, according to IDC. Consumer shipments were 0.81 million, down 22.6% QoQ and 22.7% YoY. Commercial sales went down 15.3% …

India Smartphone Market Readies Itself for Festive Sales

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that 28 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q22017, which was just modest 3.7 % QoQ growth and a “meagre” 1.6% YoY) increase. Just as the market had started to recover …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Transsion Launches New Phones in India

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a reference to Transsion Holdings, which has an HQ in Shenzen in China, and is building a new HQ there. The company is reported to have made 80 million handsets in …

Tags:India| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Flexible OLEDs Used in India

by Bob Raikes

A shopping mall in the Ambience Mall in Gurugram, India uses 70 curved LG OLED displays to create a ‘dgital chandelier’ and act as a focal point for the location. The installation weighs 4.8 …

Tags:Digital Signage| India| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 28

ALTBalaji Available on Opera TV

by Alan Spencer

ALTBalaji, the Indian digital platform has announced that its content is now availability on Opera TV. This means that all smart TVs, Blu-ray disc players and set-top boxes powered by Opera TV, will provide …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Indian Wearable Shipments Rise in Q1 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Tracker for the first quarter of 2017, total shipments for wearables in India were 612,000. This included smart wearables that can run third-party apps, and basic wearables …

Indian Tablet Market Sees Dip

by Yvette Raikes

The Indian tablet market saw a 18.6% YoY drop in Q1, with 701,000 units shipped during the period, according to IDC. The consumer segment was the worst hit, with a fall of 28% YoY, …

Chinese Vendors Capture 51.4% of Indian Smartphone Market

by Alan Spencer

The latest IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker shows that 27 million smartphones were shipped in India in the first quarter of 2017, representing a 14.8% rise compared to the same period last year. Shipments …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Videocon d2h and Dish TV Merger Approved

by Alan Spencer

The proposed merger of Videocon d2h and Dish TV India has received approval by the Competition Commission of India. The new entity will be called Dish TV Videocon and the merger will create a …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 19