SONY INDIA to launch WiMax laptops
11 Nov
SONY India is now ready to launch WiMax-enabled laptops in India, but is currently waiting for the govenment to complete the wireless broadband spectrum allocation process.
SONY is also determined to capture 20% of the total domestic notebook market by March 2011.
“Once the 3G auctions takes place and private players come into the space, we will come out with our products, which will have WiMAX chips embedded into them. These will be prices between Rs 35,000 to RS 65,000,” Sachin Thapar, Division Head, IT, Gaming and Mobile Business at Sony India
SONY also wishes to increase its netbook sales and wants to hold 12% of its total revenue
We think that SONY won’t be able to get those figures until it reduces the price of its under-powered netbooks. Selling a 11.6-inch netbook equipped with Atom Z540/Z550 processor at Rs 64,000 ($1360) won’t get them anywhere near to those figures
