CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in Content
Delivery Network (CDN) services, today announced a strategic
partnership agreement with China Unicom Corporation Limited's cloud
division – CU Cloud. CU Cloud is one of the largest cloud computing
service providers in China. As
part of the strategic partnership, CU Cloud has agreed to
complement its own Cloud services for global businesses with
Akamai's full suite of industry-leading media delivery, web
performance, and cloud security offerings.
The partnership is designed to enable close cooperation between
the two companies in the areas of technology and network access,
thus strengthening Akamai's China CDN offering for
accelerating content from global customers to Chinese consumers. In
addition, both parties will continue to develop the opportunity to
provide the best service to Chinese enterprises to grow their web
presence globally.
Under the partnership, CU Cloud plans to leverage Akamai for CDN
technology that will be available for the delivery of its Cloud
services. Akamai enables operators to deploy a highly scalable,
completely turnkey CDN that leverages the same technologies found
within the Akamai Intelligent Platform™.
"China Unicom is a major carrier in China, serving the global Internet market,"
said Noam Freedman, Senior Vice
President of Akamai's global networks division. "We're excited to
be partnering with CU Cloud to tap into the fast-growing China
cloud and CDN market. Akamai sees increased demand for delivering
content to Chinese Internet users from global customers. With this
strategic partnership, we believe Akamai is best positioned to
serve this growing need."
About China Unicom
China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd ("China Unicom")
was officially established on January 6,
2009 on the basis of the merger of former China Netcom and former China Unicom. It has
subsidiaries in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and
municipalities) across China and many countries and regions around
the world. It is the only Chinese telecom operator listed on the
stock exchanges in New York,
Hong Kong and Shanghai.
At present, the Company provides a full range of
telecommunications services in China, including mobile broadband (WCDMA, LTE
FDD, TD-LTE), fixed-line broadband, GSM, fixed-line local access,
ICT, data communications and other related value-added services. As
at the end of February 2015, the
total subscribers of the Company's mobile, fixed-line broadband and
local access businesses reached 446 million.
About Akamai
As the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services,
Akamai makes the Internet fast, reliable and secure for its
customers. The company's advanced web performance, mobile
performance, cloud security and media delivery solutions are
revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer, enterprise and
entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere. To learn how
Akamai solutions and its team of Internet experts are helping
businesses move faster forward, please visit www.akamai.com
or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai on Twitter.
Akamai
Contacts:
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Luanne Da
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Jeff Young
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Media Relations (Asia
Pacific & Japan)
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Media Relations
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+ 65 6593 8745
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+1 617 444 3913
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jyoung@akamai.com
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