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  • Asian pax growth of 3.2% at Changi lifts November traffic

    Asian pax growth of 3.2% at Changi lifts November traffic

    Singapore Changi Airport has reported 4.78m passenger movements for November 2016, representing a +3.2% rise on November 2015, while total passenger traffic handled during the first 11 months of 2016 increased by +5.7% to 53m.

    During the same two periods, cargo shipments grew by +6.1% to 1.79m tonnes and aircraft movements rose by +4.1% to 328,520 landings and take offs, while in the first 11 months cargo grew +7.9% to 173,170 tons and take offs and landings by +3.4% to 29,710.

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore stated: “Passenger traffic for the month of November was supported by growth in air travel to and from South-east Asia, North-east Asia and South Asia.

    STRONG GROWTH TREND TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITIES

    “Among Changi’s top 10 country markets, China (+13.7%), Vietnam (+9.9%) and India (+9.8%) led the gainers. As for Changi’s top 10 cities, strong traffic growth was observed between Singapore and Southeast Asian cities, such as Kuala Lumpur, Denpasar, and Ho Chi Minh City.”

    The CAAS also pointed to new services to India, with Air India Express launching four weekly services to Kolkata on 20 November, and Jet Airways starting daily services to Bangalore on 14 December.

    SilkAir also has launched four weekly services to Fuzhou in China, while Xiamen Airlines increased the frequency of its Singapore-Xiamen services from 14 weekly flights to 17 from 18 November. In addition, Myanmar National Airlines also raised its number of flights to Yangon from seven to 12 weekly services from 1 December.
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    NEW TERMINAL 3 RETAIL OUTLET ‘DEBUT’

    Meanwhile, between 16 November to 18 December 2016, CAAS added that the sole new store opening in Terminal 3’s Basement 2 over the period was by Etoz, which it describes as a manufacturer and retailer ‘of quality home and bedding products’, which has made its airport store debut at Changi.

    In addition, a ‘Teahouse by Soup Restaurant’ offering a variety of ‘unique’ Nanyang Dim Sum has also opened in the Terminal 1 public area.

    Changi Airport management said that as of 1 December 2016, more than 100 airlines were operating at Changi Airport, flying to around 380 cities in 90 countries and territories worldwide.

  • Video to account for 75% of 4G traffic by 2020

    Video to account for 75% of 4G traffic by 2020

    By 2020, mobile video usage will have increased to about 75% of total 4G traffic, from 15% in 2016, according to Huawei and Ovum.

    A paper from the companies predicts that 4K UHD video, social media video, mobile video, VR/AR applications, 5G/FTTx network penetration will be among the driving forces of increased video usage.

    Also contributing will be the latest IT technology trends, including cloud computing, bid data and Telco OS.

    Enterprise video is also becoming a major factor of this growing video trend. On top of existing incumbent provided video services such as training, meetings with clients and remote medical services, a series of new video conferencing tools is being broadly deployed in various industries.

    Video conferencing is quickly shaping the strategic infrastructure business of telcos. Major players are exploring new ways to implement successful strategies for enterprise video, striving to be the leaders in the field amidst the video business transformation opportunities.

    Important steps to success

    Since big video has already been identified as a strategic imperative, the paper points out that IPTV, SVOD and the broad application of video services will influence how telcos build their big video business strategies. Three important steps to success are:

    First, telcos will need to fully capitalize on the opportunities offered by targeted bundled services: identify individual, family and enterprise groups as the three major markets into which telcos should provide target-oriented and innovative bundled services, such as aggregated online or mobile video services and TV entertainment offerings.

    Second, telcos should strive to ensure customer loyalty and retention by exploring new video business monetization models from simply paying for services to paying for a differentiated, high-quality video user experience.

    Third, yet as important, telcos should attempt to drive integration across the entire video industry ecosystem to maximize the market opportunities for all participants in the video distribution value chain.

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  • IP traffic set to nearly triple over next five years

    IP traffic set to nearly triple over next five years

    Global IP traffic is on track to nearly triple over the next five years as more than a billion new internet users come online, according to Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index.

    IP traffic is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 22% over the period of 2015 to 2020 to reach 194.4 exabytes per month, Cisco said

    APAC will account for more than a third of global IP traffic in 2020, the study predicts. Total traffic in the region is expected to grow at a 22% CAGR to 67.8 exabytes per month.

    By 2020, the company predicts that there will be around 4.1 billion internet users worldwide, up from 3 billion in 2015. Smartphone traffic accounted for 47% of total global IP traffic in 2015, and is expected to grow to account for a wide majority (71%) by 2020.

    Due in part to the rapid growth of the IoT, global IP networks are expected to support up to 10 billion new devices and connections over the five-year forecast period, bringing the total up to 26.3 billion, or 3.4 devices and connections per capita.

    Internet video will continue to dominate traffic, accounting for 79% of global internet traffic by 2020, up from 63% in 2015. Global networks will relay the equivalent of one million video minutes per second, Cisco predicts. HD and ultra HD video will make up 82% of internet video traffic.

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  • Made-in-China.com increases website traffic with cloud

    Made-in-China.com increases website traffic with cloud

    Made-in-China.com, a global trade commerce company, has grown its website traffic over 2000 percent using a managed cloud portfolio.

    The dedicated hosting solution from Backspace, which is part of its managed cloud offering, allows the company to have full control over its servers while also enjoying high levers of speed and performance.

    “As an ecommerce company that connects worldwide buyers with Chinese suppliers, it is critical that we provide a user-friendly and quality experience to our customers around the world,” said Tao Yan, IT Manager, Made-in-China.

    The company started working with Racks[ace in 2006 and has since then grew its website traffic from 1 to 2 million to 25 to 35 million today. Revenues also increased from CNY43 million (USD6.9 million) annually in 2006 to approximately CNY500 million (USD80.5 million) a year today.

    “Because of the company’s support, we’ve been able to focus on growing our business year-over-year, as opposed to investing our time handling IT issues, as we did with our previous provider,” Tao Yan added.

    In the eight years that Made-in-China has worked with Rackspace, the company’s infrastructure has also grown dramatically, from just two servers in 2006 to a total of 23 servers hosted in the US, as well as seven cloud servers hosted in Hong Kong.

    While Made-in-China is based in Nanjing, China, over 70 percent of Made-in-China’s web traffic comes from overseas, meaning it needed a reliable hosting provider that could support its business globally.

    “With more and more China-based companies expanding West, demand has spiked for stable and flexible hosting solutions that can manage traffic around the globe,” said Ajit Melarkode, managing director, Rackspace Asia-Pacific.

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