Fast Edge deployed
Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its subsidiary Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) have announced the deployment of Fast Edge, the country’s first “Make in India” Content Delivery Network (CDN), designed to take “Digital India” from promise to fruition.
“India’s Internet User growth is accelerating at more than 40% year over year and India has surpassed the USA to become the No.2 Global User Market behind China,” according to the Global Internet Trend 2016 report by Mary Meeker, KPCM.
With the increasing number of OTT, Gaming and New Media companies targeting India’s 350 million+ eyeballs, the demand for improved response time; reduced risk of malicious attacks; improved visibility of control over traffic flows; and reduced risk of network capacity bottlenecks are rapidly growing. These requirements are posing challenges, especially for third party CDN providers with only infrastructure at regional hubs, far from where growth is exploding.
“Fast Edge comprises a Content Delivery Network of content caches around the edge of Reliance’s Indian network, connecting back to 9 state-of-the-art Tier III+ data centers in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad,” said Bill Barney, CEO of RCOM (Enterprise) & GCX on August 23, 2016.
“The content caches, in turn, are seamlessly connected onward to our network of data centers situated in key hubs along the Emerging Markets Corridor, all interconnected by our wholly owned global subsea fiber network,” said Barney. fii-news.com
