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  • New APAC Forwarding Index

    New APAC Forwarding Index

    Air and ocean volumes on Asia-Europe trade lanes eastbound and westbound are expected to surge in the coming months, according to the latest survey results for The New APAC Forwarding Index being developed by Mike King & Associates and Logistics Trends & Insights LLC.

    Higher air freight volumes are expected on key lanes to and from APAC, and the outlook for intra-Asia trade is also optimistic. The survey results, compiled by consultants Mike King and Cathy Roberson, are the first step towards the creation of a new Index for Asia forwarding markets which will be published in the coming months. The second survey is open to anyone with insight or business linked to key trade lanes to and from APAC used by forwarders and third parties.

    APAC Ocean Forwarding Markets
    Sixty per cent of survey respondents said ocean freight volumes to and from APAC in April were higher than March, while 54 per cent predicted they would handle higher volumes three months from now.

    “Demand has been higher than we’d anticipated from Europe to Asia, and there has also been some disruption to liner services following blank sailings around Chinese New Year and changes to alliances,” said one respondent. “We expect capacity to be tight well into Q2.”

    Seventy per cent of respondents expect APAC to Europe ocean freight volumes to increase three months from now, while 66.7 per cent forecast that volumes will rise from APAC to North America. However, optimism for the North America – APAC trade was hard to discern. Only 28.6% of respondents saw higher volumes on the lane in April compared to March, while only 43 per cent expect volumes to increase three months from now.

    “Despite uncertainty surrounding liner Alliances leading up to April 1 and the various bedding issues we have seen including terminal congestion in China and a lack of capacity in Europe, optimism is high for the APAC ocean freight market,” said Roberson. “The Europe to APAC trade lane had the highest percentage rate of month-to-month volume gains according to respondents to our first survey. The next most dynamic lanes were APAC to Europe and APAC to North America.

    “The North America to APAC liner trade reported the lowest percentage of respondents recording volume increases in April compared to March which could be the strength of the Greenback catching up with exporters. On most lanes the majority of respondents expect to see higher volumes over the next three months than at present, which bodes well for forwarders and lines.”

    APAC Air Markets
    Fifty-four per cent of survey respondents predicted APAC volumes across all lanes will be higher in three months than at present, with 37 per cent expecting them to remain the same and just 9 per cent lower. Fifty-two per cent of respondents reported that volumes in April compared to March were higher while only 11 per cent said they were lower. As with ocean trades, the most dynamic air cargo lanes in April compared to March were APAC to Europe (73 per cent experienced higher volumes month-on-month), Europe to APAC (55 per centhigher m-o-m) and APAC to North America (63 per cent higher m-o-m).

    “Concerns of a possible protectionist import tax on goods entering the US may be holding some shippers back in the North America region,” said Roberson. “Still, a respectable showing for North America as the economy remains healthy as the first half of the year progresses. Emerging markets volume appears strongest to APAC for air freight with more than half of respondents anticipating higher volumes on the lane three months from now. This is likely due to food imports from such locations as Africa, Chile, Argentina and elsewhere.”

  • Orange Business launches public cloud suite in APAC

    Orange Business launches public cloud suite in APAC

    Orange Business Services, a subsidiary of French multinational telecoms operator Orange, has launched its suite of global public cloud services in Asia Pacific.

    The new suite consists of three pillars – the Flexible Engine IaaS/PaaS public cloud platform developed in partnership with Huawei, professional services to assist customers in their migration, and managed services to operate customer applications and legacy systems.

    The suite will enable enterprises to digitally transform their business operations and support Asian businesses in their expansion plans across China, Southeast Asia and Europe. It also supports European companies with their business development across Southeast Asia and China.

    Already available in Europe, the services will continue to be rolled out in the US in 2017 and in the Middle East and Africa in 2018.

    “Businesses around the globe recognize that it is imperative for them to digitally transform in order to remain competitive,” says Helmut Reisinger, executive vice president for International Business, Orange Business Services.

    “Cloud adoption continues to be one of their top technology focus for 2017 as they seek to digitally transform their infrastructure. However, this has become a significant challenge due to infrastructure constraints, security concerns and limits in scalability especially for multinational enterprises.”

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  • Most APAC consumers feel safe shopping online

    Most APAC consumers feel safe shopping online

    While online security remains a top consideration for Asia-Pacific consumers, it hasn’t stopped them from opening up their wallets.

    According to the latest Mastercard Online Shopping Survey, eight in 10 of consumers across the region who have shopped online last year intend to make at least one online purchase in the first half of 2017.

    Purchase intentions are strongest in emerging markets including China (97.3%), Vietnam (96.2%), India (92.9%), Malaysia (92.8%) and Thailand (87.1%).

    Findings from the study indicate that while one in two consumers in Asia Pacific feel secure shopping online, providing secure payment facilities (85.9%) remains the most critical to getting shoppers in the region to make such purchases, along with price (85.5%) and convenience (85.1%).

    This consideration resonates most strongly in Indonesia (95.3%), followed by the Philippines (92.2%), Taiwan (91.5%) and Malaysia (91.2%).

    In Asia Pacific, nine in 10 consumers have made an online purchase in the three months preceding the survey, led by those in South Korea (96.7%), India (95.8%), Japan (95.0%), Vietnam (92%) and China (91.8%).

    A majority of consumers in Asia Pacific (53.9%) feel secure when shopping online. This sentiment is felt especially in India (72.1%), Indonesia (66.4%), China (63.5%), Australia (62.2%) and New Zealand (59.8%).

    On the other hand, consumers in Vietnam (34.0%), South Korea (34.6%), Japan (36.6%) and Hong Kong (37.4%) are more wary of online shopping security.

    Indonesian consumers are the most satisfied with existing opportunities and facilities for online shopping (97.1%) in the region. Consumer satisfaction also rings strongly in India (94.3%) and Malaysia (92.6%).

    “The verdict is in – consumers across Asia Pacific want enhanced security and convenience when shopping online. Despite our research showing that the majority of consumers feel safe when shopping online, we cannot stop our relentless focus on developing solutions that address and erase underlying fears about the safety and security of payments across the board,” Mastercard SVP for Digital Payments and Labs, Asia-Pacific Ben Gilbey said.

    “We know the payment experience consumers are looking for, no matter where they choose to shop. As a result, we will not relent on our commitment to work with merchants and key industry players to design, develop and deploy e-commerce experiences that are fast, easy, seamless and safe. Some of these include digital wallets and biometric payments, which are also reimagining and redefining the shopping experience for consumers.”

  • APAC to have nearly 1b IoT connections by 2025

    APAC to have nearly 1b IoT connections by 2025

    Asia Pacific will remain the single largest region for IoT cellular connections through to 2025, with the market accounting for nearly 1 billion connections by this time, Strategy Analytics predicts.

    The automotive, utility and security vertical markets will drive growth in connections over the forecast period, the research firm said.

    Strategy Analytics expects IoT cellular connections to grow to more than 2.4 billion in 2025, with automotive, utilities and security together accounting for over 46% of global connections.

    Across the forecast period, the automotive vertical market will not only remain the single largest global consumer of IoT cellular connections, but increase its market share position by 2025.

    ”With the industry focusing on the path to 5G and low power 3GPP offerings, such as LTE Cat M1 and NB IoT, coupled with a variety of established connectivity platforms, there are lots of choices for cellular connectivity in IoT and the outlook has never been brighter,” Strategy Analytics executive director of enterprise and IoT research Andrew Brown said.

    “However, the bewildering array of choices also runs the risk of creating confusion for customers with regard to which technologies should be employed in which use cases.”

    Matt Wilkins, Senior Analyst IoT Research at Strategy Analytics added that “the growth in cellular connections underlines the importance of cellular networks in IoT, with networks not just being used to facilitate simple connections, but increasingly supporting rich data that will enable new and compelling use cases.”

  • APAC governments ramping up IoT investments

    APAC governments ramping up IoT investments

    Asia-Pacific governments are investing more in IoT technologies. A poll conducted by IDC indicates that 40% of government organizations in the region will be implementing IoT solutions in the next 12 months. Another 50% will be rolling out solutions in the next 12-24 months.

    “Improving productivity, improving time to market for products/services and improving energy efficiency reducing costs are the top benefits of an IoT solution,” said Shreyashi Pal, Market Analyst, IDC Asia-Pacific Government and Education Insights.

    “IoT enables access to new and granular data sources, empowered by swift connectivity and quick data gathering capability giving access to a wider range of information that enhances the quality of government services at a scale, which previously has been thought to be unattainable.”

    IDC’s 2016 Global IoT Decision Maker Survey, which was conducted in July and August 2016 and includes over 4,500 respondents from more than 25 countries, also reveals that Asia is expected to have 21 out of 37 safe megacities of the world. As a result 50% of government organizations plan to deploy security systems in the region while 48% plan to deploy people tracking devices.

    About 62% of the APAC companies are also considering IoT to create a strategic impact to their organizations while 25% considers IoT to create a transformational impact in their organizations. About 28% of the organizations consider security concern as the major hindrance to deploying IoT solution.

    Gerald Wang, Head, IDC Asia-Pacific Government and Education Insights, said that 2016 has seen a significant change in terms of vendors leading the IoT market.

    “The prominent IT vendors prevalent in hardware, software and network solutions equipped with an integrated cloud and analytics solution are most likely to lead the Internet of Things market. IT hardware vendors as the top players,” he said.

    “We also note that for many enterprises in the region, networking equipment vendors and systems integrators feature prominently as potential leaders while traditional IT hardware vendors are becoming the leading network equipment vendors in the IoT market.”

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  • 86% of APAC organizations to adopt IoT by 2019

    86% of APAC organizations to adopt IoT by 2019

    Nearly nine in 10 (86%) organizations in In Asia-Pacific will have some form of IoT in place by 2019, according to results of a survey from Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Aruba.

    Organizations across the enterprise, industrial, healthcare, retail and municipality sectors globally are adopting IoT to leverage the business benefits of enhanced efficiency and innovation, the research shows.

    But Aruba’s study warns that connecting thousands of things to existing business networks will open up new security challenges.

    The research also found that although 97% of the 1,150 respondents from Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea) have an understanding of IoT, many are still unclear of the exact definition of IoT and what value it brings to their organizations.

    In his new eBook, ‘Making Sense of IoT’, commissioned by Aruba, technology visionary Kevin Ashton—who coined the term ‘Internet of Things’— presents the following definition: “The ‘Internet of Things’ means sensors connected to the internet and behaving in an internet-like way by making open, ad hoc connections, sharing data freely and allowing unexpected applications, so computers can understand the world around them and become humanity’s nervous system.”

    When examining the business benefits of IoT, Ashton discovered that actual gains from IoT exceeded initial expectations on all fronts. In Asia Pacific, this ‘expectations dividend’ is most evident in two key performance areas: profitability and business efficiency.

    For instance, 35% of business leaders cited significant profit increases after deploying IoT, a 20% increase from those who projected a large profit gain from their IoT investment (15%).

    Similarly, while 39% of executives expected their IoT strategies to yield huge business efficiency improvements, actual results show that more than half of those who implemented IoT (51%) has experienced great business efficiency gains.

    “With the business benefits of IoT surpassing expectations, it’s no surprise that the business world will move towards mass adoption by 2019,” said Chris Kozup, VP of marketing at Aruba. “But with many executives unsure of how to apply IoT to their business, those who succeed in implementing IoT are well positioned to gain a competitive advantage.”

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  • APAC widens lead for average broadband speed

    APAC widens lead for average broadband speed

    Asia-Pacific further increased its lead in the fourth quarter in terms of the average bandwidth of residential broadband services, as well as the best value for money in terms of cost per megabit, according to Point Topic.

    The research firm said average bandwidth in the region jumped 28% year-on-year during the quarter to 419Mbps, well ahead of the global average of 118Mbps.

    Globally, the average monthly cost for residential broadband services declined by $2 to $98. Costs have been decreasing for several quarters. In APAC by comparison, the average monthly cost is roughly $50.

    The 118Mbps global average bandwidth provided to residential subscribers was up from 112Mbps in the previous quarter, in a result Point Topic attributes to the accelerated rollout of Docsis 3.1 cable networks capable of 1Gbps speeds.

    The global average price per Mbps accordingly fell to $0.83 by the end of the Q4, from $0.89 at the end of the previous quarter. The average cost per Mbps of a copper connection reached $7.07, compared to $0.58 for cable and $0.45 for fiber.

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  • Public cloud services to hit $10b in APAC

    Public cloud services to hit $10b in APAC

    The public cloud services market in the mature Asia Pacific region is forecast to grow 17.7% in 2017 to total $10 billion, up from $8.5 billion in 2016, according to Gartner.

    By 2019, Gartner predicts that total public cloud services spending in the mature AP region will rise to $13.6 billion.

    Public cloud services are shared, meterable, elastic and scalable multi-tenanted IT offerings delivered as a subscription-based service to external customers using internet technologies.

    Gartner categorizes Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea as the mature APAC market.

    The highest growth for the cloud services market in the mature APAC market comes from software as a service (SaaS) with a 28.5% increase in 2017, and platform as a service (PaaS) growing 26.7% this year.

    “The increase in SaaS and PaaS are indicators that migration of application and workloads from on premises data centers to the cloud, as well as development of cloud ready and cloud native applications, are fueling growth in the cloud space,” said Sid Nag, research director at Gartner.

    “Software vendors will continue to shift investments from on-premises license-based software to cloud-based offerings.”

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  • Level 3 opens DDoS scrubbing centers in APAC

    Level 3 opens DDoS scrubbing centers in APAC

    Multinational companies located in the Asia-Pacific region now have access to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation solutions from Level 3 Communications.

    The new scrubbing centers in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore signify an expansion of the company’s security service functionality. The company says its security solutions provide layers of defense through enhanced network routing, rate limiting and filtering that can be paired with cloud-based scrubbing for a more comprehensive mitigation solution.

    The Asia-Pacific region is key for both Asian and multinational enterprises which demand global security services — making Level 3’s cybersecurity solutions and global presence essential.

    Level 3 began operating in Asia Pacific in 2004. The company has 14 on-net markets throughout Asia Pacific with service reach to more than 50 markets in the region. Level 3 offers its customers in the region VPN, direct internet access, Ethernet VPL, managed services, unified communications, CDN and security solutions.

    Level 3 opened the additional scrubbing centers to provide customers with infrastructure in the region to quickly mitigate attacks with less disruption to business operations.

    Level 3’s DDoS ingest capacity, 4.5 terabits per second, provides a high capacity to ingest massive attacks so customers can get back to business as usual.

    The service is carrier agnostic and pulls all customer traffic into Level 3’s globally located scrubbing centers for cleansing before forwarding legitimate traffic through a private connection or the public internet.

    Level 3 now has 11 scrubbing centers on four continents. Other locations include São Paulo, Frankfurt, London, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC.

    24/7 Security Operations Centers detect anomalies in global NetFlow sessions, perform impact analyses, notify customers of threatening conditions and then help them mitigate the issue.

    Australia, China and Hong Kong are listed among the most vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to a report by Project Sonar.

    IoT-compromizing malware research by Level 3 Threat Research Labs reveals many connected devices are being compromised and enabling attacks reaching in excess of 600 Gbps.

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  • CUG signs IPX peering deal with 3 APAC telcos

    CUG signs IPX peering deal with 3 APAC telcos

    China Unicom Global (CUG) has signed an IPX direct interconnection bilateral agreement with regional peers PCCW Global, Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) and Chunghwa Telecom.

    The direct IPX peering agreement will allow CUG to expand its mobile roaming coverage areas.

    In a statement, CUG said the agreement will also help provide mobile customers within the region reached by its new partners with high quality mobile voice and data roaming services as well as advanced IP services including VoLTE and HD video calling.

    CUG executive vice president Yuerui Ma said CUG IPX will become a critical platform for the operator’s international roaming data exchange.

    He said CUG aims to jointly promote direct-connection among mobile networks in Asia-Pacific by using IPX direct-connection. This would allow operators in the region to provide faster, stabler and more secure international roaming services for mobile customers.

    CUG, China Unicom’s wholly-owned international subsidiary, has a presence in 28 branches worldwide. Its main businesses include leased line, internet, system integration, cloud computing, data center, video conferencing and MVNE services.

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  • Telstra debuts assured availability on two APAC links

    Telstra debuts assured availability on two APAC links

    Australia’s Telstra will introduce assured availability on two of Asia-Pacific’s busiest subsea cable routes,  Hong Kong to Singapore and Japan to Hong Kong.

    The company announced its new Always On service guarantee at the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference in Hawaii on Monday.

    Telstra will use its significant APAC cable network to guarantee connectivity in the event of a cable cut or damage due to natural disasters. Telstra’s subsea cable network accounts for up to 30% of active intra-regional capacity in Asia-Pacific.

    Customers will be guaranteed connectivity for their subscribed bandwidth over one primary path and two protection paths through different cable systems along the same routes.

    Telstra’s executive director of global sales Ellie Sweeney said subsea cable damage can take weeks – or in extreme cases months – to fix.

    “With Telstra’s Always On service guarantee, customers will be rerouted to a protection path within a matter of hours initially and with automation we expect to bring this down to a few minutes in the future,” she said.

    “Connectivity is vital to the modern economy, with many consumers and businesses now relying on being able to connect anywhere at any time. Meeting customers’ expectations can be difficult when it comes to international connectivity, with cables at risk of service disruptions due to cable cuts caused by boats, earthquakes and typhoons.”

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  • Spotify launches programmatic audio campaigns in APAC

    Spotify launches programmatic audio campaigns in APAC

    Spotify and Rubicon Project have launched programmatic audio advertising campaigns in APAC for the Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore markets following the music streaming service’s foray into global programmatic audio solution earlier this year. With the launch of the campaigns, brands will be able to target audiences based on Spotify “moments” such as commute, party and workout.

    Spotify users do not just browse for music by genres or artists, but also playlists that express the moods of those moments. Programmatic audio advertising allows buyers to target those moments based on users’ age and gender in real time. Its audio inventory is traded programmatically via private marketplaces on Rubicon Project’s platform.  In a statement, Joanna Wong, head of business marketing at Spotify for APAC, said the campaign presents advertisers with a new channel to reach consumers.

    “Since the launch of our programmatic audio campaign in August we have seen an incredible response in APAC,” said Wong. “Programmatic audio advertising means that buyers can reach individuals at scale based on not just the usual age, gender and geographical identifiers, but on a whole new data trove–their taste in music,” she added.  “Spotify’s programmatic audio proposition demonstrates the future of all media going programmatic.

    Our recent ventures into out of home, TV and now audio are all a part of this broader automation trend, and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with innovative partners like Spotify to offer buyers innovative ways to engage with consumers,” said Rick Mulia, managing director of JAPAC at Rubicon Project. A Tech Navio report mentioned that APAC will be the fastest-growing region in the music streaming market with around 21 percent compound annual growth rate by 2020.

    Widespread smartphone penetration and high speed data connectivity are expected to further augment the growth of the music streaming market in APAC over the next four years.

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  • Digital ads reach across APAC for 18-34 year olds improving

    Digital ads reach across APAC for 18-34 year olds improving

    The success rate of digital advertising campaigns in reaching their intended audiences has lifted significantly within a number of demographic groups across Asia Pacific, in particular for the highly sought-after 18-34 year old segment, as advertisers and their media agencies become more adept with media planning and buying, according to a new benchmarking study of the global digital advertising landscape by Nielsen.

    The Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings Global Benchmarks study, which assessed more than 47,000 digital campaigns across 17 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific, found that across Asia Pacific, digital advertising campaigns intended for consumers aged 18 to 34 years had the highest on-target success rate, with 63% of the advertising destined for these consumers hitting the mark, up from 53% in 2015.

    Campaigns aimed at females within the 18- to 34-year-old age group experienced the highest lift in on-target reach, posting a 15-percentage-point improvement to 51%.

    “The Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings benchmark report is shining new light for advertisers on how their digital advertising campaigns are faring in comparison to industry norms,” said Annette Kunst, managing director for Media at Nielsen Singapore.

    “The year-on-year performance improvement shows that an increase in independent measurement can lead to more transparency, and that ultimately improves overall reach and ad spend efficiency,” said Kunst.

    Across platforms, advertising served up via desktop still outperforms mobile advertising when reaching broad audience segments. Desktop advertising intended for people aged 18 to 49 years achieved a 70% on-target success rate, compared to 66% for mobile.

    Conversely, for more niche audiences or narrower segments such as the 18- to 34-year-age group, mobile has a higher success rate – 65% of mobile ads hit their mark, compared to 61% for desktop.

    “Mobile’s success reaching more narrowly defined audiences reinforces that mobile devices provide a highly personalized platform with the potential for more precise connections, and that’s reflected in the rapid increase we’ve seen in mobile advertising, where 45% of the digital advertising campaigns we measure today across Asia Pacific include a mobile component,” said Kunst.

    “With increasing media fragmentation, marketers need to consider all the screens at their disposal when trying to reach their audience,” she said. These benchmarks can help media buyers and sellers better evaluate total digital reach.”

    Looking across categories, Computer & Electronics and Travel marketers had an easier time reaching their desired audience, achieving an on-target success of 68% and 67% respectively. The Automotive and CPG sectors highlight opportunities to optimize reach and maximize return on ad spend, with 47% and 43% of digital ads respectively reaching their intended audience.

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  • Over half of APAC connected consumers use m-payment

    Over half of APAC connected consumers use m-payment

    The Asia Pacific region is leading the world in mobile payment adoption, with over half of connected consumers in the region using their mobiles to pay for goods or services at point of sale via apps.

    This is among the key findings of a survey of more than 70,000 consumers, conducted by consultancy Kantar TNS. The study pegged mobile payment penetration for Asia Pacific at 53%, compared to 33% in North America and 35% in Europe.

    With smartphone users across Asia Pacific numbering over a billion, one key driver behind this trend would be the significant mobile penetration here. Moreover, the evolution of Asian chat apps to include payment options and the lack of legacy banking structures has only served to accelerate adoption.

    Chat apps such as WeChat and LINE have developed numerous payment services such as WeChat Pay, Line Pay, Alipay and O! ePay to facilitate everything from taxi bookings to e-commerce sales.

    Mobile payment options within these apps allow consumers to complete their purchase journey seamlessly, and also serve to help to establish these behaviors.

    Many mobile-first markets such as India, Malaysia and Indonesia are also taking up the behavior, fueled by the lack of legacy banking structures. The study noted that this makes that mobile payment an especially attractive solution for connected consumers in these countries.

    China, Hong Kong and South Korea are the top three mobile payment markets globally for weekly use, while Singapore is in the fourth position with the use of mobile payment identified as most prevalent among middle-aged consumers.

    In Singapore, 57% of connected consumers have used mobile payment, with more than a quarter (27%) doing so on a weekly basis. This number rises among younger Singaporeans ages 16-30, where 31% use mobile payment weekly, but is highest (33%) amongst middle-aged consumers in the 31-45 age group.

    Only 11% of those ages 46-65 use mobile payment on a weekly basis, however, 37% have tried it in the past, showing that they are open to sampling this kind of new technology.

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  • StarHub launches data roaming to 9 APAC markets

    StarHub launches data roaming to 9 APAC markets

    Singapore’s StarHub has launched a new flat rate multi-destination monthly mobile data roaming plan covering all mobile networks in nine APAC markets.

    The DataTravel plan offers 2GB of data for 30 days when roaming to Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and The Philippines for a flat S$15 ($10.50), or 3GB for S$20.

    While roaming, customers will not need to manually search for specific networks and can instead leave their phones to connect to the strongest available signals.

    “With DataTravel, we are happy to free our customers from the common constraints of overseas data usage, that are cost and accessibility,” StarHub head of product and marketing Wang Li-Na said.

    StarHub will also send SMS notifications before a plan expires and depletes, and customers will be able to top up with additional 2GB or 3GB DataTravel plans. Any unused data will be carried forward for another 30 days when a new plan is activated.

    The operator’s move comes shortly after rival Singtel expanded its ReadyRoam mobile data roaming service to cover multi-destination roaming across 26 countries, including 11 Asian markets.

    In comparison to StarHub, Singtel’s base ReadyRoam service provides 1GB of data for 30 days’ roaming in the 11 Asian markets for S20.

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