4G device sales jump; Samsung, Lenovo and Xiaomi emerge as top 3 brands
New Delhi: The sale of 4G devices rose by unprecedented 1,676 per cent or nearly 17 times in 2015 showing that Indians are fast adopting the latest technology, according to CyberMedia Research (CMR) India’s annual 4G LTE devices market review.
The sales of smartphones grew by 1,981 per cent, data cards by 148 per cent and tablets by 90 per cent in 2015, said CMR. Smartphones account for 98 per cent of the 4G devices. Data cards and tablets contributed remaining two per cent.
“The total LTE device (4G) shipments in the country reached 33 million in CY2015, 1,676 per cent increase compared to last year,” said CMR. While Indian brands contributed a mere 14 per cent of the shipments, China brands are growing rapidly in 4G segment.
Samsung, Lenovo and Xiaomi emerged as the top three 4G devices brands, said the report. Micromax is the only Indian brand in top 5 in the 4G segment.
“We have now over 35 million users equipped with 4G capable devices. The 4G has come at a very opportune time to give impetus to the growth of devices market resulting in such high number growths,” said Faisal Kawoosa, Lead Analyst, CMR Telecoms Practice.
“Contrary to 3G evolution, the ecosystem provisioning has been much rapid and smooth in case of 4G. It is now the onus of the operators to make the technology successful by alighting the networks where they have already been set up,” Mr Faisal added.
