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IDC: India Traditional PC Market Saw 11% Growth YoY in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Traditional PC shipments in India during 2017 stood at 9.56 million units, with a 11.4% year-on-year growth, according to IDC. This growth was primarily driven by the increase in the number of large projects …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 25 - Issue 10

IDC: Indian Tablet Market Slowed Down in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, 717,000 tablets were shipped in India in Q4 of 2017, a quarter-on-quarter decline of 32%, and registered similar shipments when compared to the same time a year ago. After a big …

TV Manufacturers to Raise TV Prices in India after Customs Duty Increase

by Andrew Fenn

TV manufacturers including Samsung, LG, Sony and Panasonic will increase the prices of their LED and OLED TVs by up to 7% to offset the recent doubling of customs duty on importing panels into …

Xiaomi Launches “World’s Thinnest” LED Smart TV, Mi TV 4

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi has launched the Mi TV 4 in India, claimed to be the world’s thinnest LED TV, at 4.9mm thick. The 55″ Ultra HD TV supports HDR, Dolby Surround Sound and DTS Cinema Audio. …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 06| Xiaomi

IDC: India Smartphone Market Finishes Strong in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, the Indian smartphone market witnessed a healthy 14% annual growth with a total shipment of 124 million units in 2017, making it the fastest growing market amongst the top 20 smartphone …

IDC: One-Third of Feature Phone Users in India Want to Upgrade to a Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC’s Smartphone Consumer Pulse research study on mobile phone consumer trends in India, one out of three feature phone users would like to buy a data-enabled phone in the next year. With …

Tags:India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 04

New Material Offers Potential for High Efficiency Displays

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers within the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India) or IISc has created a novel hybrid material composed of graphene and quantum dots. The new material …

DTH Subscriptions in India Up 1.68 Million in 3Q 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released its latest Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report for the third quarter of 2017. The report shows that the country had 67 million active …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Milos Pavlovic

An Indian company, Vedanta, led by Anil Agarwal, has bought a controlling stake in AvanStrate, a Japanese specialist in LCD glass substrates for small medium panels and with products to support substrates up to …

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Bob Raikes

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

India Increases Duty on TVs, Panels and Phones

by Bob Raikes

The government in India has increased import duties on a range of electronic products, including LCD panels for TVs, which are now subject to a 7.5% levy. Abhijit Kotnis, chief manufacturing officer, Videocon, (who …

Tags:Duty| India| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

IDC Reveals The Fastest Growing Smartphone Markets in India

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC latest India Monthly City-Level Smartphone Tracker, the major 50 cities of India accounted for 50% of smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2017 with a sizeable growth of 27% from …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 45