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To: Dorine Essey who wrote (159291)	8/9/2000 10:32:54 AM
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Hi Dorine: Wednesday August 9 8:42 AM ET Japan PC Shipments Surge, Newcomers Cut NEC Share By Reed Stevenson TOKYO (Reuters) - NEC Corp's market-leading position for new shipments of personal computers in Japan was pared in the April-June quarter, as private research data released on Wednesday showed Sony Corp (6758.T) and Sotec catching up. Overall PC shipments rocketed 42.4 percent from a year ago with NEC (6701.T) grabbing 24.4 percent market share, the Multimedia Research Institute said. Total sales of 3.115 million PCs worth 560 billion yen ($5.16 billion) were mostly in line with last week's industry association data showing record growth in the world's second-biggest market. All manufacturers shipped more PCs in the quarter than a year earlier as more individuals accessed the Internet to swap e-mail and surf the Web and as firms continued to show a healthy appetite for new models amid a mild economic recovery. NEC's share fell from 30.1 percent due in part to a 159 percent surge in shipments of relative newcomer Sony, earning it a 7.1 percent market share. Sony was fourth behind number-two Fujitsu Ltd (6702.T) which secured 19.1 percent and third-place IBM Japan, the Japanese unit of International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM - news). Soon-to-be listed Sotec Co, which makes stripped down, low-priced PCs, pushed its market share to 4.3 percent from 1.8 percent a year earlier, marking a 238 percent gain. Notebook computer shipments made up 51.8 percent of overall sales, overtaking desktops for the first time. Multimedia Research's data includes figures from the Japanese arms of U.S. computer giants such as Gateway Inc (NYSE:GTW - news) and Dell Computer Corp (NasdaqNM:DELL - news), excluded in last week's Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA) data. Shipments from those two U.S. makers rose at a slower rate than the previous year as they turned to online and corporate sales, Multimedia Research said in a report. The institute said another robust gain in PC shipments during July-September was all but guaranteed as retail outlets reported a continuing flow of customers. Industry watchers expect double-digit percentage point growth in the Japanese market for at least another year as first-time buyers enter the market and as older models are traded in. For the first half of this fiscal year -- April 1 to September 30 -- Multimedia Research lifted its forecast for total shipments to 6.5 million units from its original 5.3 million. dailynews.yahoo.com