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HP retains lead in India’s PC market in Q3
HP held on to its pole position in India’s overall PC market with a 26.6 percent share in Q3, according to IDC. It secured top spot in both consumer and commercial segments despite a decline […]
Vivo tops India’s smartphone market in Q3
India’s smartphone market reached a five-year high in Q3 of 2025, with total shipments growing 4.3 percent year-over-year to 48 million units, according to IDC. The quarter was marked by robust performances from both Vivo […]
Equinix opens US$69m AI-ready data centre in Chennai
Equinix has opened its first International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Chennai, India. Located in Siruseri, Tamil Nadu, the CN1 facility sits on nearly six acres of land and will be interconnected with Equinix’s […]
MongoDB names VP of Asean and India
MongoDB has promoted Sachin Chawla to Area Vice President of Asean and India. With more than 20 years of experience in sales, including leadership roles at Amazon Web Services and BMC Software, Sachin joined MongoDB […]
NCS and Globe Telecom take majority stake in Yondu
Singapore’s NCS and the Philippines’ Globe Telecom have teamed up to acquire a 51 percent in Yondu. The transaction values Yondu at PHP 1.87 billion (aboutS$44 million), with NCS paying a net consideration of PHP […]
India’s wearable market dips 11.3% in 2024
India’s wearable device market experienced its first-ever year-over-year decline in 2024, according to IDC. The market, which had been a global leader in low-cost smartwatches, saw a significant 11.3 percent drop in shipments to 119.0 […]
India builds AI factories to transform industries
India’s cloud infrastructure providers and server makers are set to increase their NVIDIA GPU deployment nearly tenfold by the end of 2024, compared to 18 months ago. This expansion will introduce tens of thousands of […]
Leighton Asia seals data centre deal in Hyderabad
Leighton Asia has been awarded a contract to construct a state-of-the-art data centre in Hyderabad. Commissioned by an unnamed multinational technology corporation, this deal marks the Cimic Group subsidiary’s second engagement with this client. The […]
Flatworld opens Ahmedabad office in India
Flatworld Solutions has established an office in Ahmedabad, India to serve as its offshore development centre. This office will focus initially on mobile and eCommerce development services. Catering to the growing demands of a Los […]
STT to triple load capacity in Indian data centres
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) is investing an additional US$3.2 billion to expand its data centre capacity by 550MW in India. This nearly tripling of its IT load capacity is aimed at meeting […]
Accenture adds Excelnax to boost chip design capabilities
Accenture has acquired India-based semiconductor design services provider Excelmax Technologies to boost its silicon design and engineering capabilities. Excelmax provides custom silicon solutions used in consumer devices, data centres, artificial intelligence (AI), and computational platforms […]
Tata extends reach with Microsoft Teams
Tata Communications has announced a partnership with Microsoft on Microsoft Teams that will enable both Indian and multinational enterprises operating in India to make and receive high-quality voice calls on any Teams device, anywhere in […]
Equinix to open 4th data centre in Mumbai
Equinix has added a fourth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Mumbai to cater to growing needs of local and overseas businesses in their digital transformation efforts in India. The US$42 million MB4 will […]
APAC security spending to rise 16.7% in 2023
Security continues to be a top priority for governments and organisations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. According to IDC, spending on security hardware, services and software in APAC is expected to increase by 16.7 percent […]
HP leads India PC market in Q1
HP Inc topped India’s PC market by accounting for more than 1.4 million of the 4.3 million units shipped in Q1, according to IDC. With an overall 33.8 percent PC market, it enjoyed its biggest […]
India smartphone market rises 7% in 2021
Supply shortage and pandemic aside, India’s smartphone market grew seven percent in 2021 to 161 million units, according to IDC. Xiaomi led a band of China makers (Vivo, Realme and Oppo) that dominated the top […]
Snowflake names new SVP for Asean and India
Snowflake has appointed Sanjay Deshmukh as Senior Regional Vice President for Asean and India. Sanjay will drive customer success, strengthen partnerships and consistently increase brand equity. His responsibilities include developing and executing strategic plans to […]
2 in 3 Indian organisations in early AI adoption
Artificial intelligence (AI) is THE must-do technology these days. In India, two out of three organisations are exploring AI technologies to enhance customer experience, improve operations, and enhance decision-making, according to IDC. However, only 8.4 […]
India’s server market up, external storage market down in Q1
In back-to-back Q1 updates, IDC has reported that India’s server market grew 33.8 percent to reach US$310.6 million while its external storage market dropped six percent to US$83.0 million. The x86 market contributed 88.8 percent […]
Xiaomi maintains lead as India’s smartphone market rebounds
Xiaomi held on to pole position as India’s smartphone market enjoyed a double-digit growth in Q3, according to IDC. The China smartphone maker shipped 13.5 million units, growing serven percent year on year (YoY). Despite […]
TCS rolls out goIT programme in the Philippines
India’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has joined hands with the Philippines Department of Education in Cordillera Administrative Region to help students improve their technology skills through the goIT initiative.
Tencent makes Singapore its Asia hub
Tencent is opening an office in Singapore that will serve as its Asia hub.The WeChat owner has offices in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, highlighting the importance of the region to the company.
OmniXtract 3.0 extracts information for better decision-making
India-headquartered Newgen Software has launched OmniXtract 3.0, an enhanced version of its intelligent data extraction software that helps enterprises make better decisions.
Google to invest US$10b in India
Google will be investing US$10 billion in the Google for India Digitization Fund for the next five to seven years.
Infosys readies Return to Workplace solutions for enterprises
Photo by Macau Photo Agency on UnsplashWith India emerging from a 10-week lockdown due to COVID-19, Infosys has launched Return to Workplace solutions to help enterprises ensure safety and wellness of their employees as they adapt to new ways of working.
Fusion Broadband is IBM Beacon Award winner
Australia-based Fusion Broadband has won the IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Infrastructure Services Solution.
Nokia inks multi-year deal with India’s Bharti Airtel
Expanding Airtel’s reach across India.Nokia has signed a multi-year contract with Bharti Airtel to deploy Nokia’s SRAN solution across nine circles in India. The move will enhance Airtel’s network capacity, particularly in 4G, by 2022.
IAR Systems to open India office
Sweden-based IAR Systems will be further expanding into Asia with the opening of an office in India in Q3. It opened an office in Taiwan earlier this year.
Facebook takes 10% stake in India telco Jio Platforms
Facebook is investing US$5.7 billion or a 9.99 percent stake in India’s Jio Platforms. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, Jio will use the new invesment to pursue new opportunities for businesses of all sizes, especially small merchants, micro-businesses and farmers, and create digital ecosystems that will empower, enrich and uplift the lives of all 1.3 billion Indians.
Ear-worn devices drive India wearables market to record growth
Apple AirPods are hot in India.In a country that is known for loud road traffic, it is not surprising that ear-worn devices are in hot demand. According to IDC, earwear led the wearables market with 443.6 percent growth to 8.5 million units in 2019.
Sleeprate and Garmin aim to help consumers sleep better
Japan, India and Singapore are the top threee most sleep deprived nations in the world, according to a study. Thankfully, help is on its way for those who want to sleep better. Sleep platform Sleeprate is collaborating with Garmin on a mobile self-help sleep assessment and improvement program that aims to help consumers sleep better, track their recovery, and optimise workouts.
Lenovo retains pole position in India PC market in Q3
India’s PC market shipped 3.1 million units, rising 15.8 percent year-on-year in Q3, according to IDC. The key growth driver was the second phase of shipment to the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) under its ongoing initiative of free distribution of laptops in the state. The coming end of life of Windows 7 in early 2020 also contributed to the growth as corporate and enterprise users accelerated their upgrades to Windows 10.
SAP opens data centre in Singapore in e-commerce push
SAP has expanded its presence in Asia-Pacific (APAC) with the opening of a new data centre in Singapore to support SAP Commerce Cloud deployment.
Qualcomm announces IP e-learning platform for India startups and MSMEs
Help is at hand for India startups and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to get quickly from mind to market, following the launch of the L2Pro India IP e-learning Platform.
India’s Stellapps Technologies wins Rabobank’s SustainableAg Asia Challenge
Umesh Parjapat of Stellapps Technologies (second from left) with (from left) Albert Boogard of Rabo Foundation, Diane Boogard of Rabobank Asia and Harjan Kuiper of Rabobank Singapore.Stellapps Technologies put on a stellar presentation to win over the judges and take home the top prize of US$10,000 at Rabobank’s SustainableAg Asia Challenge. Fending off 13 other shortlisted competitors from China, India, Indonesia, and Singapore in a field of 138, it impressed with its SmartMoo internet of things (IoT) platform, which improves yield per animal, traceability and quality of milk in emerging countries.
India server market dips in Q2
The server market in India dropped one percent year on year, driven primarily by a dip in x86 server sales.
India PC market slides in Q1
Weak consumer demand, high inventory from previous quarters, and supply issues for Intel chips are among the reasons why the India PC market slipped in Q1. According to IDC, the segment dropped 8.3 percent to 2.15 million units that quarter.
Google avails NVIDIA Tesla T4 GPUs on Google Cloud Platform in Singapore
The Google Cloud Platform running on NVIDIA Tesla T4 GPUs (above) has been beta launched in Singapore, availing the power of GPU cloud computing to customers around the region.
HCL to acquire US$1.8b of IBM software assets
India software firm HCL Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of IBM software products for US$1.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close by mid-2019 upon completion of applicable regulatory reviews.
Smartphone and feature phone neck-to-neck in India
For the first time, the smartphone market is on par with the feature phone market in India, according to IDC. Overall, the India market reached 42.6 million units for a 9.1 percent year-on-year growth in Q3.
Ecozen impresses at inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge
Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are not usually associated with food and agriculture but five startups have shown that such technologies can play a major role in minimising food loss. Some 1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost worldwide each year.
Google Maps motorcycle mode now available in Singapore
Google Maps has enabled its motorcycle mode feature for Singapore and elsewhere in the region in due time. Originally launched in India in December 2017, the app will give motorcyclists routes that are more suitable for two-wheelers.
PC market inches up 2.7% in Q2
Global traditional PC shipment posted the strongest growth in more than six years during the past quarter, according to IDC. Total shipment was 62.3 million units, which translates to a 2.7 percent year-on-year growth.
Banking spend drives external storage Q1 growth in India
Banking led professional services, manufacturing, telecommunications and government to contribute more than 80 percent to overall external storage market in India in Q1, according to IDC India. The quarter saw a jump of 12.7 percent year-on-year to US$84.1 million.
Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines
Microsoft has acquired Semantic Machines, which has developed a new approach to building conversational artificial intelligence (AI).
India smartphone market posts strongest Q1 shipment
The India smartphone market shipped 30 million units in Q1, the strongest Q1 performance ever and an 11-percent growth year on year, according to IDC.
Xiaomi tops India smartphone market in Q1
Building on a momentum of 155 percent annual shipment growth in India last year, Xiaomi started Q1 at the top with a whopping nine million plus units to snag 31 percent market share, according to Canalys.
India external storage market dips 4.7% in Q4
India’s external storage market dropped 4.7 percent year on year to US$74.1 million in Q4, according to IDC.
India is fastest growing smartphone market in 2017
India has become the fastest growing smartphone market in the world with total shipment growing 14 percent to 124 million units in 2017, according to IDC.
NVIDIA expands DLI offerings
The need for deep learning skills is increasing as more and more companies and industries hop on the bandwagon. Launch a little more than a year ago, NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute (DLI) has already trained tens of thousands of students, developers and data scientists.
And the company is expanding its DLI offerings with:
- New partnerships: Team up with Booz Allen Hamilton and deeplearning.ai to train thousands of students, developers and government specialists in artificial intelligence (AI).
- New University Ambassador Program: Instructors worldwide can teach students critical job skills and practical applications of AI at no cost.
- New courses: More courses are added to teach domain-specific applications of deep learning for finance, natural language processing, robotics, video analytics, and self-driving cars.
APAC PC market down 5.1% in Q2
PC shipment in the Asia-Pacific region surpassed 21,5 million units, down 5.1 percent in Q2 compared to the same period last year, according to Gartner.
The dip was due to primarily due to market dynamics in India and China. In India, the pent up demand after the demonetisation cooled down after Q1, coupled with the absence of a large tender deal compared to a year ago and higher PC prices, brought about weak market growth. China was hugely impacted by the rise in PC prices due to the component shortage.
Overall, global PC shipment totaled 61.1 million units in Q2, a 4.3 percent decline from the same quarter last year.
China vendors corner India smartphone market
China-based vendors strengthened their grip in the India smartphone market, snaring 51.4 percent share of the smartphone shipment in Q1, according to IDC. They grew 16.9 percent sequentially and an impressive 142.6 percent over the same period last year.
In contrast, share of homegrown vendors dropped to 13.5 percent in the Q1 from 40.5 percent in the same quarter last year.
Overall, 27 million smartphones were shipped in Q1, a 14.8 percent growth over the same period last year. Unlike last year, shipment grew sequentially in the first quarter of 2017 by 4.7 percent recovering from demonetisation impact in Q4.
China phone makers dominate India market in Q4
While Samsung remained at the top, China smartphone makers occupied four of the top five positions to snare the lion’s share in India in Q4, according to Canalys.
Their extremely price-competitive devices pushed out India makers, who have been hit hard by the Indian government’s decision to demonetise the INR500 and INR1,000 (US$7.30 and US$14.65) banknotes.
“Local brands’ target customers typically buy in cash and from independent retailers. With the short-term liquidity crunch caused by demonetisation, these retailers are suffering a slowdown in consumer spending. Local vendors are losing out as retailers look to shift their stock to fast-moving, current devices. In Q4 2015, Micromax, Intex and Lava took second, third and fifth place, accounting for almost 30 percent of the market. One year on and all three vendors have dropped out of the top five, with their collective share falling to around 11 percent,” said Rushabh Doshi, Analyst of Canalys.
India public cloud services to hit US$1.26b in 2016
The public cloud services market in India is projected to grow 30.4 percent in 2016 to hit US$1.26 billion, according to Gartner.
The highest growth will come from cloud system infrastructure services (infrastructure as a service [IaaS]), which is projected to grow 32.5 percent in 2016, with platform as a service (PaaS) projected to grow 31.7 percent.
“We are witnessing a shift from legacy IT services to cloud-based services. Cloud services are growing due to organizations pursuing a digital business strategy,” said Sid Nag, Research Director of Gartner.
Slower smartphone growth in 2016
Global smartphone sale is expected to experience just a single-digit growth this year, according to Gartner.
It estimates that global smartphone sale will reach 1.5 billion units, a seven percent increase from 2015. The total mobile phone market is predicted to reach 1.9 billion units in 2016.
“The double-digit growth era for the global smartphone market has come to an end. Historically, worsening economic conditions had negligible impact on smartphone sales and spend, but this is no longer the case. China and North America smartphone sales are on pace to be flat in 2016, exhibiting a 0.7 per cent and 0.4 per cent growth respectively,” said Ranjit Atwal, Research Director of Gartner.
While smartphone sales will continue to grow in emerging markets, the growth will slow down. Gartner predicts that, through 2019, 150 million users will delay upgrades to smartphones in emerging Asia-Pacific, until the functionality and price combination of a low-cost smartphone becomes more desirable.
Samsung extends lead in India smartphone market
Samsung has pulled further ahead of the competition with a quarter share of the India smartphone market in 2015, according to Canalys.
Micromax held on to second place, with annual shipment falling by more than 20%, primarily due to inventory build-up in its distribution network.
Lenovo and Motorola’s combined shipments were just short of three million units, up almost 60 percent up from the previous year, moving them past Intex to take third place in the market.
Smartphones account for 1/3 of mobile phone sale in India in Q3
Smartphone sale is rising in India with 28.3 million shipped in Q3, according to IDC. That’s a 21.4 percent increase from 23.3 million units for the same period last year.
In Q3, 4G enabled devices have witnessed almost a three-fold increase in unit shipment over the previous quarter.
“The growth in the smartphone market was helped by rising demand for affordable 4G smartphones,” said Karthik J, Senior Market Analyst, Client Devices, IDC.
India x86 server market edges up in Q1
HP continued to lead the India x86 server market in Q1 2015 with 38 percent market share in terms of units, followed by Dell with 19 percent, according to IDC. Lenovo increased its share marginally due to large multi-million dollars deal in central government vertical.
White box players have also witnessed year on year growth as some of the organisations specially cloud providers are preferring them for reducing cost and greater control over their infrastructure.
Overalll, the x86 server market in India grew by 7.5 percent in terms of units and double-digit in revenue in Q1.
India software market up 8% in 2014
Software revenue in India rose 8.3 percent to hit US$4 billion in 2014, according to Gartner.
“The enterprise software marketplace is dynamic and ever-changing. Its growth and structure are being shaped by the factors and forces of decentralised purchasing, consumerisation and mobility, influence of emerging markets, cloud-based implementations, and new consumption models. Improvement in global economic conditions has somewhat relaxed the strain on the Indian economy, thereby boosting corporate sentiments. Along with a new stable government at the center, this has helped in alleviating concerns about economic growth — to a certain extent — with early signs of spending in growth initiatives beginning to emerge,” said Bhavish Sood, Research Director of Gartner.
Several leading trends include:
- Software as a service (SaaS) adoption and development
- Open-source software (OSS) adoption and its broader market implications
- Changing buying behaviors and purchasing styles associated with the digital business
- Spending in key growth markets such as India and China
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