Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) has recorded a four percent increase in the IT market in Kuwait, with a noteworthy increase in the sale of PCs, servers and notebooks, and rising to the fourth position in the Gulf’s fourth significant IT state.
FSC’s server sales in Kuwait recorded a five percent rise and notebook sales were up 2.5 percent gain, according to Al-Nawasi General Trading & Contracting, FSC’s distributor in Kuwait. The Emirate has a current installed base of 8,500 FSC PCs, 500 servers and 1,500 notebooks.
“Kuwait has made major advances in IT to be placed amongst the top four IT directed Gulf countries. Demand for IT products has risen impressively in the past few years in Kuwait and FSC has been able to considerably boost its sales in this competitive market,” said Sales Director of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Mounzer Sabbagh.
FSC’s key customers include Kuwait Airways, Public Authority for applied Education & Training, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Public Authority for Civil ID, National Mobile Telecommunications and Kuwait University.
Kuwait boasts a relatively high PC penetration of over 13 per cent, close to that of Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, against 2.22 percent average in the Arab World. The world average in PC penetration is estimated to be around 10 percent, according to figures released by the Dubai-based Madar Research. Kuwait, along with Qatar are characterized by relatively high PC penetration ratios. — (menareport.com)
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