CDN Expansion for China Telecom

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CDN Expansion for China TelecomCDN expansion is not only a great method for content delivery network (CDN) providers to reach into new markets and attract a wealth of new customers, but it also helps to provide existing clients with a better performing content delivery network. That is because CDN expansion gives customers more points of presence (PoPs) through which their end users can access data, resulting in lower latency and high bandwidths for those end users closest to new PoPs.

Because of this, many content delivery network providers embark on comprehensive CDN expansion plans as and when they have the ability to. The latest CDN provider to announce expansion plans is China Telecom, who will be expanding its capacity at its datacentres in Hong Kong and North America.

CDN Expansion Benefits

These plans are expected to be completed by Q4 2017, and will see China Telecom construct three new PoPs in North America , in Hilsboro, Oregon, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) facility in Aurora, Illinois; and a third at Cologix’s Montreal, Quebec, facility.

This CDN expansion plan will help improve China Telecom’s transpacific capabilities and help it compete with other CDNs and stay well ahead of bandwidth demand.

“China Telecom is proud to be enhancing its Hong Kong data centre portfolio with the expansion of its best-in-class Shatin facility and the addition of a new site at Tseung Kwan O in partnership with Global Switch,” says China Telecom Americas president Joe Han.

“Equally, we look forward to China Telecom Americas’ points of presence in Oregon and Illinois playing a key role in our North American data transmission and end-to-end network services,” continued Han.

Han adds: “Our customers are innovators, who rely on our network solutions to help their businesses grow. China Telecom’s latest investment in Hong Kong data centres and North America points of presence means our customers can expect reliable, low-latency, worldwide connectivity. This will enable them to deploy applications fast and flexibly.”