India Tablet Market sees strong growth in Q4 2014
idc logo new1 India Tablet Market sees strong growth in Q4 2014The year ended on a positive note for the tablet market by having posted a strong growth in Q4 2014. The market has also witnessed a steady growth during the festive third quarter. According to IDC, India tablet market reported shipments of 0.96 million units in Q4, a quarter-on-quarter growth of 3.6%. Strong performance of local players as well as increasing interest of the PC OEMs in the tablets space contributed to the expansion of the market over Q3. The share of PC OEMs in the market has grown by more than double year-on-year. “The market saw a correction post the introduction of BIS regulation in July 2013. Unbranded tablets were wiped off from the market, thereby contracting the bubble of growth witnessed in 1H 2013 and hence resulting in year-on-year decline in growth,” says Tanvi HYPERLINK “http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=PRF004408” Mann, Market Analyst, Client Devices IDC India. 7-inch tablets p