Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The worldwide PC market continued to expand at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2006, although growth was slower than in recent quarters, according to a new report.
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker found
that total PC shipments exceeded 52 million units and growth was 9.8%
for the quarter, 0.6% behind expectations. Despite the slower second
quarter, IDC expects the second half of 2006 to be strong enough to
maintain double-digit growth for the year.
"Mature regions, like the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, are
exhibiting more conservative growth trends, while developing regions
are not only growing faster, but exceeding expectations," said Loren
Loverde, director of IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. "Although
this is an important development trend, it's also the case that the
bulk of portable PC adoption – the leading market driver – remains
concentrated in the more mature markets. As a result, there's plenty of
opportunity for PC companies to grow, but they need to adequately
target the growth segments in each region."
PC shipments in Western Europe and Japan were considerably slower than
expected in the second quarter, largely due to short term factors such
as inventory reduction and the FIFA World Cup. Growth in Asia/Pacific
excluding Japan and Rest of World (including Latin America, Canada,
Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle East and Africa) was down
slightly from the prior quarter, but still ahead of expectations while
growth in the United States rose slightly from the first quarter.
In light of the 2Q06 results, IDC's growth projections for 2006 were
lowered slightly from the June forecast. However, volume for 2007
remains unchanged and future years have been bolstered by the strong
outlook in emerging markets as well as further growth potential driven
by new product designs and digital convergence.
"We believe consumer notebooks will continue to drive strong overall PC
sales through the rest of this year despite the presence of many
potential competitors for discretionary income this holiday season,
such as flat-panel TVs," said Bob O'Donnell, vice president Clients and
Displays. "Looking forward, we expect desktop shipments will begin to
stabilize, particularly in the enterprise segment. However, consumer
notebook adoption will fuel industry growth and move us closer to the
day when notebooks will out-ship desktop PCs."
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