The Indian market for PCs and tablets clocked up a sluggish growth this year, with the PC segment moving up by only 6 per cent, and the tablet taking a nosedive to 76 per cent from 424 per cent in 2013, according to the annual industry performance review by Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology (MAIT).

Both the smartphone and notebook sectors fared well on the other hand. As stated in the report, the smartphone demonstrated a 244 per cent increase that issued from cheaper handsets and data tariff reduction, while the notebook recorded a 55 per cent growth that bested market predictions.

MAIT Executive Director Anwar Shirpurwala said that the rollout of 4G networks and increased uptake of 3G data services would help double the growth of smartphone market over the next year. He added that the government's promise to take corrective steps to boost manufacturing would give the IT hardware sector a leg up.

The outlook for India's overall industry is strong, with double-digit growth expectations from tablet PCs, notebooks and inkjet printers towards 2015.

By: DocMemory
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