MUMBAI, INDIA: The overall India mobile handsets market recorded aggregated shipments of 47 million units during the July-August-September 2011 quarter, thereby registering a 12.5 per cent sequential growth on account of large number of new launches and higher than usual shipments by vendors.
This was reported in the India Monthly Mobile Handsets Market Review, September 2011 released today by premier Technology Entrepreneurship, Healthcare Intelligence firm CyberMedia Research.
According to the review report, the total mobile handset shipments during the first nine months of calendar year 2011 touched 135 million units, as the market first dipped during the April-May-June 2011 quarter and then recovered in the quarter July-August-September 2011.
In the overall India mobile handsets market, Nokia retained leadership position with 30 per cent share in terms of sales (unit shipments), followed by Samsung at second position with 11.6 per cent, during the month of September 2011.
Dual-SIM and Multi-SIM Handsets
On average the proportion of dual-SIM and multi-SIM handsets were 55.8 per cent of total mobile handset shipments in the country in the July-August-September 2011 quarter. Nokia, a late entrant to the multi-SIM device category, made up by having as many as five models on offer by September 2011.
Growth of Smartphones
Smartphone shipments touched 7.9 million units in first nine months of calendar year 2011. During the month of September alone smartphones sales (unit shipments) crossed 1 million units.
"Smartphones are witnessing an increased adoption in the India market; not only amongst business executives but also among the youth as such devices offer superior usability, entertainment and functional capabilities”, stated Naveen Mishra, Lead Analyst, CyberMedia Research Telecoms Practice.
“In the coming months the India smartphones market is expected to become even more crowded as more vendors, particularly those from India and China, look to add these devices to their portfolio”, stated Tarun Pathak, Analyst, Monthly Mobile Phones Market Review Program, CyberMedia Research Telecoms Practice.