Verizon Digital Media Services reported that it has added more than 20 new points of presence (POPs) in major cities around the world since January, rapidly expanding the capacity of the Verizon EdgeCast CDN. The new cities include Warsaw, Stockholm, Milan, Vienna, Melbourne, Helsinki, Kaohsiung, Batam, Jakarta and Sao Paulo. In addition, it also expanded its presence with additional POPs in many cities already served, including London, Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam.
The newly built colocation site in Sao Paulo has diverse carrier-neutral setup with redundancy links across both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
According to Verizon, each new POP is built securely on Verizon Digital Media Services’ latest generation of delivery servers, with pre-built dedicated space for rapid expansion. The POPs have multiple diverse connections into last-mile networks and are provisioned to support the full suite of Verizon EdgeCast services.
“The majority of our customers offer their services to a global audience. Our continued worldwide expansion means content is as close as possible to the end-user’s digital doorstep. Continuing to add points of presence to our network helps our customers deliver even their largest files quickly and efficiently no matter whether the viewer is watching video, shopping, gaming or sharing content. Brazil is one of the biggest markets in the world and our customers have let us know how important that market is to them. This new, full-scale POP in Sao Paulo is already outperforming the demand for lightning-fast response times.”
- James Segil, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon Digital Media Services
