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Low-Price Segment Contributes
about 50% Revenue to Global Smart
Speakers Market
E
The global smart speaker market was pegged at
$4.3 billion in 2017, and is expected to accrue
a sum of $23.3 billion in 2025, growing at a
CAGR of 23.4% from 2018 to 2025.
Seven Technologies to Reach
Mainstream Adoption Within the
Next Two to Five Years
E
Speech recognition will reach the plateau of
productivity within the next two years and six
other technologies will reach mainstream busi-
ness adoption in the next two to five years,
according to the 2018 Gartner Inc. Hype Cycle
for the digital workplace.
India PC Market Registers Yearly
Growth Driven by Strong Notebook
Demand in 2Q18
E
India's traditional PC market shipments posted
a 28.1% growth year-on-year, with shipments
totaling 2.25 million units in the second quar-
ter of 2018, according to IDC India's Quarterly
Personal Computing Devices Tracker.
Printed Electronics Market to Reach
$65B by the End of 2024
E
The global printed electronics market regis-
tered a revenue of $25.4 billion in 2015 and is
expected to expand with a CAGR of 11% from
2016 to 2024, according to a report by Transpar-
ency Market Research.
Global Production Volume of Smartphone
to Grow by 6% QoQ in 3Q18
E
The global smartphone market has been grow-
ing in the second quarter of 2018, driven by the
launch of new models by Chinese smartphone
brands and the brands' strong sales in over-
seas markets, according to TrendForce.
Growing Data Demand to Drive Digital
Factory Market to $111 Billion in 2026
E
The digital factory market will grow at a
compound annual growth rate of 35% to reach
$111 billion in 2026.
India Server Market Posts On-Year
Revenue Growth of 15.9% to
$353.1 million in 2Q18
E
The overall server market in India witnessed
a year-over-year increase of 15.9% in terms of
revenue to reach $353.1 million in the second
quarter of 2018.
Shipments of Digital Media Adapters
Quietly Grow, Opening the Door to the
Smart Home Ecosystem
E
The worldwide market for smart home devices
grew by 38.5% to 130.1 million shipments in
the second quarter of 2018.
Russia Rides Smartphone Wave, But
Importers Wary of New Sanctions
E
The average sales price slipped marginally
over the first quarter of the year but was still
a third higher than a year ago, at $241. Total
market volume including feature phones was
9.37 million units, and market value at retail
prices without VAT was around $1.7 billion.
Personal Computing Device Market to
Shrink by 4% in 2018
E
The personal computing device market is
expected to continue to decline and shrink to
383.6 million units shipped in 2022, with a five-
year compound annual growth rate of -1.5%.
