Mumbai:
MAIT,
the apex body representing the hardware, training and
services sectors of the IT industry in the country, has
announced the findings of its Industry Performance Review
for the first-half of 2001-02.
The desktop PC market grossed 8.03 lakhs units, registering
a negative growth of 4 per cent over the same period in
the previous year and a negative growth of 23 per cent
compared to the second-half of 2000-01.
PC sales had clocked a growth of 34 per cent in the financial
year 2001-02 over that of 1999-2000. The severe recessionary
trend in the Indian economy has adversely impacted the
hardware market and based on the poor buying sentiment
in the market, the sales projection for 2001-02 have been
revised from 2.45 million units to 1.65 million units.
MAITs
Industry Performance Review, ITOPs, conducted by the leading
market research firm Indian Market Research Bureau, is
biannual and aims to address the hardware sectors efforts
to manage the business environment, gauge the market potential
and consumer trends.
The first mid-year report evaluates the industrys performance
between April-September and the second, between October-March.
This round of the study involved face-to-face interviews
with over 14,000 respondents selected randomly from Indian
cities. The
study was initiated by MAIT in 1996-97, and leading IT
hardware vendors subscribe to it. The study encompasses
five broad product segments computers, networking products,
printers, other peripherals and the Internet.
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