A map of CDNetworks global content delivery network
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider KDDI America (www.kddia.com) announced on Monday that it has invested approximately 85.5 percent of common shares in CDNetworks (www.cdnetworks.com), a global content delivery network service provider headquartered in Seoul, Korea for about $167 million.
KDDI America has a fiber network backbone that covers 170 countries as well as 91 offices located in Asia, North America, South America, Europe and Australia. In addition to telecommunications services, KDDI America offers infrastructure as a service, colocation and managed services.
According to the press release, CDN services are essential for Internet providers to offer their users. KDDI America says CDN services accelerate Internet communication by temporary cache and delivery of contents in servers located closer to end users.
CDNetworks operates its CDN business in 70 cities in 31 countries, with a particular focus on Korea, Japan, China, the US and Europe. According to the press release, CDNetworks is highly competitive in Asia.
KDDI says this investment will add new value by combining Internet network and CDN services. In addition, KDDI America will add CDN services to its mobile platform to build up its network.
“We look forward to offering Enterprise IT departments a range of services that can help them speed up the response their customers and internal users receive from the applications they need to access over the Internet — no matter where they are in the world,” Nobutsugu Ogata, director of enterprise product planning for KDDI America said in a statement.
Earlier this month, CDN provider Highwinds launched a licensed CDN offering.
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