In the fourth quarter, the shipments recorded a 16 per cent fall on account of lukewarm sales, it said.
Krishna Mukherjee, analyst telecom at CMR, said that the tablets market has been witnessing a fall for quite some time now.
New Delhi: Indian tablet PC market shrunk by 18 per cent to 3.5 million units in 2016, research firm CMR said on Friday.
In the fourth quarter, the shipments recorded a 16 per cent fall on account of lukewarm sales, it said. The total sales stood at 0.81 million in Q4 of 2016, compared to 0.97 million in the year-ago period.
Datawind retained the top position with 34 per cent market share, followed by Samsung (18 per cent), Pantel (12 per cent) and Micromax (10 per cent) in 2016.
In terms of technology, 2G shipments showed a sharp fall of 92 per cent in 2016 over 2015, 3G declined 71 per cent and 4G rose by 6 per cent.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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