Samsung leads color monitor market in India

New Delhi: in digital technology, Samsung India continues to lead the color monitor market in India for the third consecutive quarter of the Year 2008, as per IDC data released for the Quarter. Samsung retained its top position by leading the CDT and the LCD monitor segments in the non-bundled or the open market, both in quantity and value. Samsung leads the open market for LCD monitors with a 25.1 percent volume market share and 25.7 percent value market share, while in the case of CDT monitors, it leads with a 22.3 percent volume market share and 24.1 percent value market share for Q3, 2008. Samsung, therefore, leads the total color monitor market (bundled and non bundled) with a 16.0 percent volume market share. Samsung has retained its top position in spite of the fact that the Company does not operate in the bundled PC space.

Ranjit Yadav, director-IT, Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, said, "Our differentiated product line up coupled with our efforts to expand our reach in the Indian market this Year, have helped us retain our dominance in the Indian market,” he added, “Samsung also has a 16 percent global market share in LCD monitors and has maintained the top position for five straight quarters, as per IDC data released recently.”

Samsung Electronics: www.samsung.com