India Router market shipments volume reached 1.08 Million units

India Router market shipments volume reached 1.08 Million units in CY Q4 2013; down by 2% than the previous quarter with D-Link commanding lion’s share. The wireless network segment dominates the Indian Router market.

Posted On: 2014-01-01

India Router market reported a total shipments of 1.08 Million units in CY Q4 2013; representing a decline of 2% in contrast to CY Q3 2013. D-Link endures its market leadership in the Indian Router market followed by TP-Link.

The market share for routers with WLAN feature amounted to more than 87% of the total unit shipments, registering a decrease of 5% as compared to the previous quarter. Out of the total shipments, 2.4 GHZ WLAN router registered more than 83% of the market share.

Key Highlights (CY Q4 2013)

D-Link dominated the Indian Router market followed by TP-Link.

Top 2 players collectively accounted for more than 39% of the total market share.

More than 58% routers provide wireless speed up to 150 Mbps.

Source: 6Wresearch Quarterly India Router market, CY Q4 2013

Rising demand for feature rich routers with affordable prices is driving the growth of the mid and lower segment routers in the Indian market.

The demand for cloud based services along with the networking and multitasking activities such as browsing the internet on smart phones, tablets via WIFI, watching movies, playing games with gaming consoles and other devices, have all fuelled the demand for routers in India.

India Wireless vs Wired Router Market

Source: 6Wresearch Quarterly India Router market, CY Q4 2013

The market share of wireless network routers witnessed substantial increase to reach 87% in CY Q4 2013 as compared to the previous quarters, although compared to the last quarter WLAN routers registered a slight decline in the market share. On the contrary, wired network routers have registered a consistent decline over the previous quarters and totaled 13% in CY Q4 2013.