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  • Arnab stomps into digital space with republicworld.com

    MUMBAI: The game has just begun! That is what he had stated on his last day at Times Now. And Republic TV’s founder editor Arnab Goswami is living up to that promise.

    Two months from the day he announced the launch of the news channel Republic TV he has formally announced the unveiling of its digital cousin –Republicworld.com – on 7 July.

    And it looks like an impressive offering to say the least. First of all, the design and the look of republicworld.com is very clean, and visual heavy with news being segregated under various sections right from general news to politics to sport to lifestyle to tech to entertainment. Of course, visitors can also watch Republic TV’s shows such as Arnab’s Sunday debate, The Anupam Kher show, R.Access, Patriot, and the new one: The Nation Wants to Know.

    But, the killer app is that the reader can customise the language for the site, according to his preferences. Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, and Odiya are the options given to him.

    Republicworld has been able to offer that wide a range of thanks to its partnership with various media houses with eight of them being specifically with digital outlets. The media partners include Business World, OTV, Sambad, News Live, Niyomiya Barta, North East Live, Punjab Kesari, Aajkaal, S Newz, Dainik Bhaskar, Nirmana News, Kashmir Monitor, Lokmat, Vikatan TV, Polimer, Asianetnews.tv, Asianet News, Kannada Prabha, Suvarna News, News Mobile.in; across India and the community partners include tripoto.com, RSJ, LBB.in, yourstory.com, digit.in, and AutoX.

    Additionally, what strikes you is the experimentation that is being attempted on republicworld.com in the form of the handful of 360-degree videos that have been put out on the site. Republic’s video content is being streamed in HD with the app slated for a launch in the next three weeks. It will feature long-format live and VoD content in the form of vertical videos, especially created for mobile audience as reported by indiantelevision.com on 30 June.

    Some may call this as resorting to gimmicks, but Team Republic says they know what they are doing.

    Says Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani: “Innovation is very critical to succeed. We were clear that we want to differentiate. Look at the digital success and traditional success stories. Often, one of the primary reasons behind the triumph is technology, which is as important as content. Also, one needs to understand the consumer and the journey across platforms. Therefore, it’s critical to make sure that you are able to draw up a strategy that gives you maximum reach.”

    Adds Republicworld.com COO Jay Chauhan: “In the digital content space, there is no dominant global player operating out of south Asia, and that’s a big opportunity for us. Republicworld.com is at the intersection of content and technology, so we will keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to constantly engage and improve upon the user experience.”

    Clearly, Chauhan is the right man for the job. Arnab and Khanchandani poached 20-years NDTV veteran from the Prannoy-run outfit. During his career at the news network, Chauhan headed its technology consulting division and bagged numerous international awards for technical innovation.

    The editorial responsibility for republicworld.com has been put in the hands of deputy news editor Sriram Sivaraman. And a team of 30 – including editors, producers and journalists – are running the site.

    Says Chauhan: “Within India, regional content consumption is growing exponentially, and with the excellent network of our digital partners, this launch reaffirms our objective to work as a force and consistently engage with our audience in the language and habit of their choice.”

    On the technology front, RepublicWorld has tieups with American and Canadian companies. Pierre Friquet (VR director/ writer/ consultant) from Canada and Ando Shah (founder & CEO at Tesseract) from San Francisco trained its producers for a month to shoot content in VR.

    Sources indicate that republicworld.com will be burning cash in excess of Rs 2 crore a month, something which Khanchandani is unwilling to confirm. Says he: “Content delivery is a significant cost, and it will expand. Our investment will increase as more and more consumers will start consuming.”

    With that high a burn rate, it’s imperative that revenues start kicking in – and quickly. But, Khanchandani says that has already been taken care of as some of the ad deals it has signed for Republic TV include republicworld.com. He and his team will be reaching out to sign on newer advertisers too.

    He explains: “We were waiting to make the digital announcement, and now, it’s a good time to go to market. We will have sponsored content. If you look at the landscape of display advertising, it has changed significantly. If you see revenues of Yahoo and Microsoft, display business has come down — dramatically. Video is easier to buy and create. Video advertising, native advertising and sponsored content is what we are looking at.”

    Republicworld.com seems to be luring in visitors if one looks at its traffic statistics, courtesy Amazon-owned web tracker Alexa. According to this morning’s update, Alexa showed that republicworld.com had screamed up 179,000-odd spots to rank at 38,167, amongst all sites globally. And its Indian rank is a healthy 2,830. What’s important is the engagement in terms of the amount of time being spent on the site: a healthy 3 minutes and 33 seconds per visitor session. However, it has a high bounce rate of 65 per cent.

    As TV viewers would confirm, Arnab does this to people.

  • Irdeto action: 3 cybercrime content pirates sentenced in Cairo

    MUMBAI: Irdeto, a leader in digital platform security, and MultiChoice Africa Limited (MAL), a provider of video entertainment services in Africa, announced that three content pirates have been sentenced in Cairo, Egypt.

    The sentencing follows multiple piracy raids which uncovered a large cybercrime syndicate illegally offering premium content services. The three defendants were found guilty on all criminal charges and were each sentenced to a two-year jail term and a fine of 75,000 EGP ($4,100 USD).

    The syndicate offered control word sharing equipment and illegal pirate subscriptions for sale, allowing 163,802 pirate viewers unauthorized access to content from a number of international broadcasters. The ruling follows extensive collaboration between Egyptian Cybercrime Police, MAL and Irdeto and marks the culmination of one of the largest investigations into an extensive control word sharing piracy network.

    “Engaging in any form of piracy comes with consequences, and this ruling clearly indicates that piracy will not be tolerated,” said MultiChoice Africa’s Africa Piracy Department GM Frikkie Jonker.

    “These convictions are critical to sending a message to the pirate community that piracy is a serious offense that damages the media and entertainment industry. Our collaboration with Irdeto and the unbelievable support of the Egyptian Enforcement Authorities, without whom this would not have been possible, demonstrates the importance of working together to combat the growing problem of piracy.”

    The initial investigations into suspects began through a partnership between MAL and Irdeto, before a joint criminal investigation referral was made to the Egypt Ministry of Internal Affairs. Raids were conducted that uncovered several electronic components, servers, almost 40 smartcards from multiple conditional access providers, several pirate decoders, smartcard readers and other related equipment typically used within a pirate control word sharing operation. Cash of over $220,000 USD was also seized during the raids.

    Further investigation uncovered over 5,000 advertisements for pirate devices on Alibaba B2B platforms.

    “These convictions are a testament to the seriousness of the piracy offense and the commitment of law enforcement worldwide to crack down on these cybercrime networks,” said Irdeto VP – cybersecurity services Rory O’Connor.

    “Our partnership with MultiChoice Africa epitomizes our commitment to content owners, rights holders and operators to combat smartcard sharing and other forms of piracy. We will continue to work closely with law enforcement around the globe to shut down criminal pirate networks and ensure that justice is served.”

  • New economy & the end of employment

    The internet brought upon us the first instance of a crowd-based economic model in mid-2000s pioneered perhaps by YouTube and followed quickly by eBay with its peer-to-peer facilitation of exchange of second hand goods.

    Full-time employment has come of age — having evolved to today include worker protections, benefits and the works. ‘The other 99%’ happily work for a few others and the model earns respect for and from the constituents in the society.

    Internet and the age of start-ups seem to be posing a challenger however.

    It’s becoming personal Now!

    Today Uber (ride hailing) and Air b-n-b (room sharing) are the poster boys of a glamorous new way of economic modelling popularly called ‘sharing economy’. People don’t shy today on the prospect of the extent of intrusion while willing to ‘share a bedroom’ to make the most of a gig economy.

    The gig economy basically relies on its ability to use resources optimally to give best throughput and is seemingly a more efficient, productive and better system.

    Platform-based disruptions

    Historically, employment as a method has seen unprecedented success as a model to organise labour over the last few hundred years.

    Platform-based disruptions across industries – enabled through an overall robust digital trust network (example – online profiles of hosts and guests, rating systems, etc.) in the ecosystem – is however becoming the order of the day.

    Are we witnessing the transformation of good old capitalism – the defining economic force of the 20th century? Will we see the 21st century lend itself to organising labour in a different fashion ultimately leading to end of full-time employment as a core model as we know it?

    Can ‘new economy’ work for everybody? Will it succeed in universally becoming the new normal? Can it be inclusive as it purportedly seems to be and contentiously fights to project?

    Is the sharing economy a pre-cursor to the beginning of the end of employment?

    Economic might has historically beaten military might across wars and across centuries.

    Is the gig economy Schumpeter’s ‘creative destruction’ in disguise or is this disruption only going to be replacing a rusty nail with a crooked one!  

    Are we fortunate to be living in interesting and exciting times that saw the early days of unravelling of future of work!

    Domino Effect

    For now, it seems ‘sharing’ could be a force for good but may not necessarily replace good old ‘full-time employment’ as a core model anytime soon.  

    When and if it does, will this massive change of democratisation of economic opportunity through crowd-based capitalism even lead to evolution of a better political system of governance?  What is your view?

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    (Piyush Sharma, a global tech, media and entrepreneurial leader, created the successful foray of Zee Entertainment in India and globally under the ‘Living’ brand. The views expressed here are of the writer’s and Indiantelevision.com may not subscribe to them.)

     

  • ‘Info & cyber insecurity’ biggest risk in biz ops: Survey

    NEW DELHI: Information & cyber insecurity are considered as the biggest risk in 2017, and there has been an increase in the incidence of cyber-attacks and potential espionage on cyber-security in the recent past.

    The FICCI – Pinkerton India Risk Survey 2017 says: ‘Information & Cyber Insecurity’ has become more pronounced due to the shift that the nation is undergoing towards digitisation of various assets and services being delivered via internet and mobile platforms; and the ever-present loopholes that hackers breach upon’.

    The survey consists of 12 risks that pose the most significant threats to business perception and operations in the country. The new age risks are interconnected and overlap across domains, sectors and geographies. New risks have been identified on the basis of this year’s survey, which include: risk of non-compliance, business investment risk and legal regulatory risk.

    The survey says ‘The WannaCry malware incident has been, by far, the worst incident this year in which several systems were attacked, both of the public and the private sectors.’ It stressed the need to create robust security mechanism to address cyber-security challenge.

    Intellectual Property (IP) theft climbed a level to the tenth rank this time. India’s position in the US Special 301 list does not put India in the most favourable position. On the issues of counterfeit and piracy of films, music and, software, the illegal activities are still prevalent.

    ‘Terrorism and Insurgency’ risk rising up two spots from its position last year has been ranked as the second biggest threat to businesses in India this year. India has been featured 16 times in Global Terrorism Index in the list of 10 countries most affected by terrorism for the period 2000-2016. Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) perpetrated by communist terrorist groups remains the most severe terrorist threat. The persistent risk posed by ‘Terrorism and Insurgencies’, creates a risk perception in the minds of investors with interest in the Indian market.

    The ranking of ‘Corruption, Bribery & Corporate Frauds’ is at number 3 in IRS 2017. As per World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 rankings, India currently stands at 130 out of 189 countries.

    Interestingly, there is an overall sense of lowering corruption via regulations such as GST, Demonetisation, Make in India, the Digital India Program. However, the nature of corruption is such that it refuses to be completely removed.

    Other risks in that order are: Natural Hazards, Political & Governance Instability. Fire, Strikes, Closures & Unrest, Crime, Business Espionage, Women’s Safety and Accidents.

    FICCI secretary-general A Didar Singh said, “Risks to business establishments is detrimental to growth and development of any country. The nature of risks globally has changed enormously, and with their occurrences becoming more unexpected and their effects becoming more profound, risks need to be taken more seriously. In these changing times it is critical to understand emerging risks”

    Pinkerton MD – India APAC & EMEA — global screening Rohit Karnatak added, “The threats faced in today’s dynamic environment requires a more holistic strategic approach and thus emphasizes the urgency to shift from a siloed approach to security management, to one that is more holistic and a more collaborative process of Enterprise Risk Management”.

  • Govt gets active against cyber child porn

    NEW DELHI: Considering the growing menace of cyber crimes targeting children, child victims of cyber crimes can now lodge their complaints at National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)’s POCSO e-box.

    NCPCR has now enhanced the scope of POCSO e-box to handle cyber bullying, cyber stalking, morphing of images and child pornography.

    Child victims themselves or their friends, parents, relatives or guardians can report cyber crimes by pressing the e-box button available at the Commission’s website, www.ncpcr.gov.in They can also register their complaints on email id:pocsoebox-ncpcr@gov.in or mobile no.: 9868235077.

    Child abuse is finding new forms and channels through mobile and digital technologies. In India about 134 million children have access to mobile phones and the number is growing very fast with even faster access to internet. While this provides opportunities for accessing useful material for learning purposes, lack of digital literacy and online safety measures expose children to hazards of cyber crime.

    POCSO e-box is an easy and direct medium for reporting of child sexual abuse under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

    Developed by NCPCR, POCSO e-box was launched by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi last year.

  • Industry & govt need to jointly tackle risk of info & cyber insecurity

    NEW DELHI: The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) safeguarded 300 establishments in India from the recent worldwide cyberattack by the WannaCry ransomware.

    Giving this information, NTRO chairman Alok Joshi said, “It is becoming difficult for businesses as well as the government to deal with non-state actors located outside India, who are involved in cyber-attacks. Once any business becomes part of internet then it becomes a part of the global network and cannot operate in isolation. In this regard, Industry and Government need to have a collaborative outlook to address the emerging threat of information and cyber insecurity.”

    Delivering his keynote address at the FICCI seminar on New Age Risks 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson for economic issues Gopal Krishna Agarwal said, “Stalled projects, a key reason for a slide in gross fixed capital formation in the past few years, are the biggest challenge which the government is facing. The government has taken adequate measures to revive the investment cycle.” With the intervention of the PMO driven initiative, Pragati’ (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation), he said, several stalled projects had seen the light of day.

    FICCI secretary-general A Didar Singh highlighted that businesses need to strengthen their resilience to ensure continued operation and survival in the face of risks. At the same time, the clear role for collaboration among public and private sector stakeholders becomes evident, for example, to develop better cybercrime prevention methods, to establish cybersecurity norms for both governments and industry, and to align international approaches to enforcement and establish industry norms.

    FICCI Committee on Private Security Industry chairperson and former special DG in the Central Industrial Security Force Manjari Jaruhar and Pinkerton MD India, APAC & EMEA – global screening Rohit Karnatak also spoke on the occasion.

    Cyber-security features high on the agenda of leaders across all sectors, with business, governments and individuals rapidly taking advantage of faster, cheaper digital technologies to deliver an unprecedented array of social and economic benefits. With the benefits of digitizing and connecting comes a range of new challenges, FICCI Committee on Geospatial Technologies Chairman and Advisor, ESRI India Rajesh Mathur said.

  • India’s 400 mn smartphones generate 80% data traffic: FB’s Umang Bedi

    MUMBAI: India has 400 million smart phones that account for 80 per cent of internet data traffic at present and when many non-feature phones will start getting replaced or include features facilitating internet access, it will change the way how data is accessed, according to Facebook managing director, India & South Asia, Umang Bedi.

    Speaking at the IAMAI event here on Tuesday, Bedi, while highlighting how over a decade back (united) Reliance brought in revolution in India by introducing cheap mobile handsets and competitive plans for consumers, said the launch of Jio service by Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries earlier this year is bringing about a similar revolution by employing disruptive marketing tactics and pricing that is again changing the way India consumes data.

    Bedi, who was speaking extempore at the event, said there are three Indias that needs watching and from where growth likely to come.

    The first India, he mentioned, is the one that subscribes to books on e-retailers like Amazon, shops on Flipkart and rides on Ola cabs rides, which is similar to what is happening in the West. According to Bedi, India today is a growing digital market registering a 35 per cent growth worth USD 1.8-2.8 billion.

    The second India, according to Bedi, is the mass India that lives in tier 2 and 3 cities /towns where people have money and aspirations but no access to affordable Internet. And, the third India comprises about 25 million people living in rural areas for whom new solutions and methods to reach them are needed. Reason: It’s this huge mass that will become a big consuming market in near future.

    As disruption seemed to be the underlying theme of the digital economy, Bedi dwelt on the disrupters theory, fathered by Clayton Christensen, saying disruption is happening in the digital sector and it’s being done by the likes of Amazon (from selling books to etailing electronics appliances, smart phones, etc) and Uber.

    Pointing out that Amazon and Uber were the “biggest disrupters” in today’s world, Bedi also issued a warning to all marketers saying that unless business people remained “humble”, they themselves may find disrupted.

  • UCWeb: Damon Xi will now head India & Indonesia

    NEW DELHI: Damon Xi as Head of UCWeb India and Indonesia office and will be in charge of the UCWeb ecosystem along with content cooperation within the markets in these countries,

    Prior to this, Damon was general manager of UCWeb India, leading strategic alliance and business development for the company in India, according to Alibaba Mobile Business Group, part of Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment.

    In a significant restructuring announced last month, Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group elevated Jack Huang to President of Alibaba Mobile Business Group and Young Li as Head of International Business Department at Alibaba Mobile Business Group.

    UCWeb’s flagship product UC Browser is the number one platform in India and Indonesia with over 50% market share, ahead of Google Chrome and Opera. UC Browser is also the sixth most downloaded application on Android platform in India and has crossed 100 million active monthly users.

    India and Indonesia have become most important overseas markets for UCWeb. Over the last 6 years, UCWeb has transformed itself from being the largest mobile browser to a leading content distribution platform in India through the launch and integration of UC News. UC News is a big-data powered content distributor, serving as a one-stop destination for trending and curated news content. It has featured channels on general news, cricket, technology, entertainment, movies, lifestyle, health, and humour. UC News has crossed 100 Million Monthly Active Users (MAUs), rapidly growing in India & Indonesia market since its launch in June 2016.

    In January, Alibaba announced a Rs. 2 billion investment to build UCWeb in India and Indonesia over the next two years, by tapping into the potential of user-generated content. UCWeb’s strength in technology is helping UC News process millions of data request and content of massive origins everyday with the help of its 3 big data clusters set-up in India. The UC We-Media program where people get an opportunity to create, to write, share thoughts and engage with their followers on UC News is set to expand to 30,000 contributors by the end of 2017, producing over 10,000 pieces of content daily.

    Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment reported a 271 per cent jump, year-on-year, for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2017 with significant contributions from mobile internet services revenue from UCWeb businesses, including mobile search and news feeds, as well as apps and game publishing across China as well as key global markets like India and Indonesia.

  • UC News: Scribes Padampati Sharma & Vivek Shukla hired for cricket commentary

    MUMBAI: UCWeb, an Alibaba Mobile Business Group company, has announced Padampati Sharma and Vivek Shukla as official commentators for its news platform, UC News. The veteran journalists will help UC News users with expert opinions, insights and sharp analysis of the final matches of the eighth edition of Global Cricket Championship being held in England and Wales on 14, 15, and 18 June 2017.

    Talking on the latest announcement, Alibaba Mobile Business Group’s UC News head Bruce Zuo said, “Indians love cricket and technology platforms like UC News are playing a crucial role in amplifying it and making it a shared phenomenon. We are committed to bring an enriching experience to our users and in line with the same announce Sharma and Shukla as official commentators on UC News. Both are known names of sports journalism and bring credibility and strong understanding on the cricket arena. We are hopeful that our millions of users will enjoy the experience.”

    Senior sports journalist and UC News We-Media blogger Shukla adds, “I feel honoured and appreciate We-Media for giving me an opportunity to bring ongoing Cricket tournament’s insights to the large base of cricket fans. I look forward to introducing a unique experience to the UC News users and help them stay updated on the key happenings on- ground.”

    “Writing and cricket have always been my biggest passions and with We-Media platform I get to relive it. The platform enables me to be an independent writer and alongside retain the sharp reporting attributes of a journalist. I am excited to be in this phase of life where I get to connect with millions of users on UC News who share the common interest in Cricket,” said senior sports journalist and UC News We-Media blogger Sharma.

    Sharma and Shukla have been the known faces of Hindi Journalism. Both of them have been in a part of active journalism for over three decades and were associated with key media including Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, The Times of India, etc.

  • Video will take 76% of Net in ’21, Indian users will double & devices grow by 2bn

    NEW DELHI: Digital transformation will continue to drive IP traffic in India with the projected increase in Internet users from 373 million in 2016 to 829 million or 59% of the Indian population in 2021, which is among the highest in the world.

    In addition, there will be two billion networked devices in 2021, up from 1.4 billion in 2016 and the overall IP traffic is expected to grow fourfold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 30% – thus reaching 6.5 Exabytes of data per month in 2021, up from 1.7 Exabytes per month in 2016.

    M2M connections will represent 22% of the total two billion devices and connections and will account for 5% of IP traffic by 2021. Advancements in IoT applications such as smart meters, package tracking, digital health monitors and a host of other next-generation M2M services is driving this incremental growth—nearly 21% increase in the next five years, according to Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast..

    Video will continue to dominate IP traffic and overall Internet traffic growth – taking 76% of all Internet traffic in 2021, up from 57% in 2016. India will reach 84 billion Internet video minutes per month by 2021, which is 1,60,000 years of video per month, or about thirty two thousand video minutes every second.

    “Mobile networks, devices and connections in India are not only getting smarter in their computing capabilities but are also evolving from lower-generation network connectivity (2G) to higher-generation network connectivity (3G, 3.5G, and 4G or LTE). Combining device capabilities with faster, higher bandwidth and more intelligent networks is leading to wide adoption of high bandwidth data, video and advanced multimedia applications that contribute to increased mobile and Wi-Fi traffic” said Cisco India & SAARC Managing Director, Service Provider Business, Sanjay Kaul.

    He added: “We are witnessing a burgeoning rise in usage of mobile applications and connectivity by end users. The need for optimized bandwidth management, network automation, e2e security and ultimately network monetization through cost efficient data production is fuelling the growth of network automation, mass market 4G deployments and adoption, soon to be followed with 4.5G and 5G. Service providers around the world are busy architecting their networks to be more autonomous and capable of handling high bandwidth to help them meet the growing end-users demand for more bandwidth, higher security, and faster connectivity on the move. Many providers have also started field trials for 5G and are gearing towards rolling out 5G deployments towards the end of the VNI forecast period.”

    India Internet Growth and Trends:

    1. Increase in Internet Users, devices & connection
    · In India, there will be 829 million total Internet users (59% of population) in 2021, up from 373 million (28% of population) in 2016
    · In India, there will be 2.0 billion networked devices in 2021, up from 1.4 billion in 2016

    2. Increase in IP Traffic & Internet Traffic
    · In India, Consumer Internet video traffic will reach 3.0 Exabytes per month in 2021, the equivalent of 756 million DVDs per month, or 1 million DVDs per hour
    · In India, Consumer Internet video traffic was 535 Petabytes per month in 2016, the equivalent of 134 million DVDs per month, or 183,261 DVDs per hour
    · In India, Internet video traffic will be 77% of all consumer Internet traffic in 2021, up from 58% in 2016
    · In India, Internet traffic will grow 4.0-fold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 32%
    · In 2021, the gigabyte equivalent of all movies ever made will cross the Internet every 54 minutes
    · Indian Internet traffic in 2021 will be equivalent to 291x the volume of the entire Indian Internet in 2005

    3. Increase in Per capita Usage
    · In India, IP traffic will reach 5 Gigabytes per capita in 2021, up from 1 Gigabytes in 2016

    4. Internet users & Faster Broadband Speed
    · In India, there will be 829 million total Internet users (59% of population) in 2021, up from 373 million (28% of population) in 2016
    · In India, the average fixed broadband speed will grow 2.8-fold from 2016 to 2021, from 6.6 Mbps to 18.2 Mbps

    5. Increase in Mobile, Internet Video
    · In India, mobile data traffic will grow seven-fold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 49%
    · In India, mobile data traffic in 2021 will be equivalent to 88x the volume of the entire Indian Internet in 2005
    · In India, IP video will be 83% of all IP traffic in 2021, up from 69% in 2016
    · In India, Internet video traffic will grow 5-fold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 40%
    · In India, total Internet video traffic (business and consumer, combined) will be 76% of all Internet traffic in 2021, up from 57% in 2016
    · In India, HD will be 51.4% of Internet video traffic in 2021, up from 12.0% in 2016 (87.9% CAGR)
    · In India, 84 billion minutes (159,201 years) of video content will cross the Internet each month in 2021. That’s 31,840 minutes of video streamed or downloaded every second
    ·In India, Internet video traffic will grow 5-fold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 40%

    6. Increase in Networked Devices
    · In India, there will be 2.0 billion networked devices in 2021, from 1.4 billion networked devices in 2016, and 1.3 billion in 2015
    · In India, 67% of all networked devices will be mobile-connected in 2021

    7. Growth in Internet video & gaming traffic
    · In India, Internet video traffic will be 77% of all consumer Internet traffic in 2021, up from 58% in 2016
    · In India, gaming traffic will grow 7-fold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate of 49%

    Key Findings & Milestones from Global Traffic Projections and Service Adoption Trends

    1. Strong Growth in IP & Internet Traffic
    · Global IP traffic is expected to reach 278 exabytes per month by 2021, up from 96 exabytes per month in 2016. Global IP traffic is expected to reach an annual run rate of 3.3 zettabytes by 2021.
    · Busy hour Internet traffic is increasing faster than average Internet traffic. Busy hour Internet traffic will grow 4.6-fold (35% CAGR) from 2016 to 2021, reaching 4.3 Pbps by 2021, compared to average Internet traffic that will grow 3.2-fold (26% CAGR) over the same period reaching 717 Tbps by 2021.
    · Content delivery networks (CDNs), will carry 71% of all Internet video traffic by 2021 (up from 52 percent in 2016).

    1. Average DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks size increasing steadily and approaching 1.2 Gpbs— enough to take most organizations completely offline
    · DDoS incidents can paralyze networks by flooding servers and network devices with traffic from multiple IP sources.
    · The peak attack size increased 60% Y/Y and represents up to 18% of a country’s total Internet traffic while they are occurring.
    · Average DDoS attack size increased to 22% which is relatively the same rate as Internet traffic at 29 percent Y/Y.
    · The DDoS attacks grew 172% in 2016 and will increase 2.5-fold to 3.1 million by 2021 globally.

    2. Globally, total public W-Fi hotspots (including homespots) will grow 6-fold from 2016 to 2021 from 94 million in 2016 to 541.6 million by 2021.
    · Globally, total Wi-Fi homespots will grow from 85 million in 2016 to 526.2 million by 2021.
    · Globally there were 91 percent of public Wi-Fi hotspots in 2016 and by 2021 it is projected to reach 97 percent.
    · Leading hotspot countries: China (170M by 2021), US (86M by 2021), Japan (33M by 2021), and France (30M by 2021).

    3. By 2021, more than half (56 percent) of connected flat panel TV sets will be 4K up from 15% in 2016
    · Installed/In-service 4K TV sets will increase from 85M in 2016 to 663M by 2021.

    4. Cord-Cutting household traffic is 86 percent higher
    · A global cord-cutting household generates 117 GB per month in 2017, compared to 63 GB per month for an average household.

    5. Global Enterprise SD-WAN Traffic
    · SD-WAN traffic will grow at a CAGR of 44% compared to 5% for traditional WAN SD-WAN will increase 6x and will be 25% of WAN traffic by 2021
    · End-User Internet traffic is moving closer to the Edge. Nearly half of traffic will bypass core completely by 2021.

    Regional IP Traffic Growth Details
    · APAC: 107.7 exabytes/month by 2021, 26% CAGR, 3.2-fold growth
    · North America: 85 exabytes/month by 2021, 20% CAGR, 2.5-fold growth
    · Western Europe: 37.4 exabytes/month 2021, 22% CAGR, 2.7-fold growth
    · Central Europe: 17.1 exabytes/month by 2021, 22% CAGR, 2.75-fold growth
    · Latin America: 12.9 exabytes/month by 2021, 21% CAGR, 2.6-fold growth
    · West Asia and Africa: 15.5 exabytes/month by 2021, 42% CAGR, 5.8-fold growth