Demand for telecom equipment rise by 73 pc, EPABX machines & mobile phone signal boosters top searches: Report

Search trends on JD Mart, India’s latest B2B platform by Just Dial, revealed that the demand for telecom equipment has risen by 73 percent YOY as businesses and offices are gradually going back to the physical mode in a phased manner.

Tier-II cities are witnessing a faster demand growth rate vis-à-vis Tier-I cities in India. While the bulk of the searches are happening in Tier-I cities that saw a YOY growth rate of 66 percent, the demand rise in Tier-II cities was 77 percent.

Commenting on the trend, Mr. Prasun Kumar, CMO, Just Dial, said: “It is encouraging to see that businesses across the country are picking up and this uptick is being reflected on JD Mart. At JD Mart, we have tried to aggregate a large section of the B2B market for a wide range of categories. The rise in consumer demand on the platform validates the fact that JD Mart has brought online a host of suppliers and manufacturers of telecom equipment.”

Demand for EPABX machines in India saw a YOY rise of 74 percent while that for mobile phone signal boosters by 62 percent. Demand rise for EPABX in Tier-I cities was 69 percent and in Tier-II it was 78 percent. For mobile phone signal boosters, it was 52 percent in Tier-I and 72 percent in Tier-II.

Among Tier-I cities, Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru were the top-3 cities that saw maximum demand for EPABX machines. Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mysore, Patna, and Nagpur were the top-5 Tier-II cities where EPABX machines were in maximum demand.

Delhi, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad were the top-3 Tier-I cities that saw maximum demand for mobile phone signal boosters while Bhopal, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, and Madurai were the Tier-II cities that saw maximum searches.