Mumbai:
Novatium, an Indian company based in Chennai is all
set to market its up-and-running PC priced at Rs4,500
(a little over $100). The company is targeting 10 million
potential customers with its NetPC even as global computing
giants like IBM and AMD are yet to perfect a computer
that costs $100 or less.
The machine, launched by Chennai-based Novatium Solutions
in 2004 and priced at just around $100 apiece, may now
cost a little over $100 thanks to the depreciation in
the greenback.
Novatium''s NetPC works on a "thin client" concept.
This is a small box and does not contain any software
or application. It is linked to a central server, which
hosts all applications.
Novatium is targeting 10 million users in the next five
years for this innovative product, reports quoted company
CEO Alok Singh as saying.
Novatium, co-founded by US-based Analog Devices chairman
Ray Stata, Netcore Solutions managing director Rajesh
Jain and professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT Madras, has
already started successful commercial trials for its NetPC
computer in Chennai, he said.
"Going forward, we plan to expand into 6-7 big cities
in the next year.
Some of our immediate plans are going into two new cities
in this quarter and two more in the next quarter,"
Singh said.
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