According to the company, its expansion increases content delivery capacity in Asia by a factor of 10 and extends content delivery network (CDN) into China. With this expansion, the Level 3 CDN footprint in the region includes: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
Grant van Rooyen, president of content markets group at Level 3, said: “The expansion of our CDN service capabilities in Asia reinforces Level 3’s commitment to continue investing in our global CDN business and further establishes the company as the right content distribution partner for content owners, distributors and rights holders to meet the rapidly growing demands of their customer base.”
The company claims that access to these markets provides new and existing customers in North America and Europe with a global content delivery service.
Level 3 Communications is an international provider of fiber-based communications services. It delivers services to enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers with a combination of scalability and fiber network. It also offers with metro and long-haul services, including transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice.
