Indian Data Card Market Shipments Down by 72% With Just 1.1 Million Shipments in Q3 2017: CMR India

The Indian Data Cards Market has witnessed a 72% decline in 3Q CY2017, down to just 1.1 million unit shipments, as per CMR India Data Cards Monthly Market Review for 3Q CY2017. The market share of Reliance Retail dropped down to 57% during the quarter, as against 91% in 2Q CY2017 in terms of units shipped. CMR India says that the decline in shipments might be because of the accumulation of higher stocks by the end of 2Q CY2017.

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Despite the decline in shipments, Reliance Retail maintained the number one position in the overall data cards market. Huawei shipments recorded 63% sequential growth in 3Q CY2017 in terms of units shipped. The vendor’s market share increased to 18% in 3Q CY2017 as against 3% in the previous quarter in terms of units shipped.

“July 2017 witnessed comparatively lesser shipments of data cards due to GST impact along with stock clearance from previous quarters. August and September 2017 saw an upward trend in the sales because of the offers floated during the festive season,” stated Shipra Sinha, Lead Analyst, Industry Intelligence and Channels Research Practices, CyberMedia Research.

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The report also highlighted that LTE/4G based Mi-Fi devices 82% market share. However, it declined by 77% when compared to 2Q CY2017. Its counterpart USB modem devices contributed 19% to the market share in overall data cards market in terms of units shipped.

Also, the Reliance Retail’s model JMR 1140 was the fastest moving model followed by its JDR 740 on second position and Huawei’s E5573CS-609 on the third spot.