Dell saw sizzling growth in India in the quarter ended June, pushing it to the No. 1 spot in the organized PC market for the first time and displacing HP, which had held that position uninterruptedly for over five years. Steve Felice, president for Dell's global consumer, small and medium business, said revenue in India during the quarter rose by 77% and unit shipments by a still higher 90%, compared to the corresponding quarter last year.

Speaking to journalists across Asia-Pacific through a teleconference on Friday, Felice said growth in India was now coming from the consumer and SMB segments. "We have been consistently No. 1 in market share in the large enterprise segment. Now we are beginning to see a similar performance in the other segments," he said. He claimed that in the consumer segment, Dell was only a percentage point behind the market leader. He also said Dell now has annualized revenues of $1 billion in India.

Dell's momentum picked up ever since it set up a factory in India four years ago. Asked whether the company would need to expand capacity in India, Felice said the existing facility had enough capacity and there was no need for another factory soon.

Earlier this week, IDC officially announced what has been speculated for over a month -- that Dell had overtaken HP in the second quarter of the year. In the overall PC (notebooks and desktops combined) market, Dell had a share of 15.2%, while HP's share fell more than two percentage points to 14.3%, compared to the first quarter, and Acer's dropped 1.5 percentage point to 11.5%.

Source: TNN