Recovery in Russian PC market

Published: 19 June 1999 y., Saturday
After a sharp increase in PC shipments in Q4 1998, the Russian PC market showed continued signs of recovery in Q1 1999. IDC recorded total shipments of 214,454 units for a value of $197.4 million. The market fell by 3.9 percent compared with Q4,1998. In previous years the PC market has usually declined more steeply in the first quarter. Since the 1998 economic crisis, however, the size of the overall Russian PC market has shrunk considerably. Compared with Q1 1998, shipments were off 120,674 units, a year on year decline of 36.0 percent. The Russian PC manufacturer R&K took first position in the overall market. The leading international brand was Compaq. Shipments of desktop PCs recovered the strongest. Sales of portable PCs and PC servers were notably weaker compared with shipments in Q1 1998. Though the share of the total market occupied by international vendors has fallen considerably since the 1998 economic crisis, in Q1 1999 the share of international brands increased slightly compared with Q4 1998.Due mostly to the very successful uptake of the Intel Celeron processor in Russia in Q1 1999, manufacturers of non-Intel processors again lost market share to Intel.
Šaltinis: IDC
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Budget negotiations - MEPs want specific budget line for stabilisation mechanism

A specific EU budget line for the new EU stabilisation mechanism should be created as soon as possible, to ensure its credibility, Council, Commission and Parliament negotiators agreed at a three-way meeting on Wednesday. more »

Break on roaming fees for mobile phone customers

New EU rule will help phone-users avoid astronomical bills for web-surfing and downloads abroad. more »

A toolbox for stronger economic governance in Europe

The Communication approved today by the Commission builds on the principles presented on 12 May to reinforce the economic governance in the European Union. more »

Latest report on taxation trends in the EU

Eurostat report just published shows that the crisis has brought some lower taxes. more »

Food prices: new legislation needed to improve price transparency and farmers' returns

New legislation is needed to ensure fair returns to farmers and transparent prices to consumers, by enforcing fair competition throughout the food supply chain, said Agriculture Committee MEPs on Monday. more »

Fisheries: fair competition needed between imports and European producers

Fish imports play a crucial role in supplying the European market, yet fisheries and aquaculture are strategic sectors that do not lend themselves to a purely free-trade approach, believes the EP Fisheries Committee. more »

The President: Dynamic cooperation with other countries of the EU is a priority for Lithuania

I will support every proposal that strengthens cooperation among the European Union's Member States and serves Lithuania's interests," President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė said at the meeting with EU Member States' ambassadors resident in Lithuania. more »

World Lithuanian entrepreneurs are gathering in London

The fourth World Lithuanian Economic Forum “High tech innovation & investment: local to global” will start in London on 22 June. more »

Enhanced information exchange will contribute to the creation of single Baltic-Nordic community, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs says

Lithuania aims for the five Nordic countries and three Baltic States to become single community of values, which would be linked by a versatile quality of democracy, security and everyday life. more »

Parliament sets up special committee on EU budget reform

MEPs decided on Wednesday to create a special committee to prepare for the EU's next long-term budgetary framework. more »