EdgeCast licenses its CDN platform to a major US carrier

09 January 2012 | Kavit Majithia


CDN software company EdgeCast has officially announced it has licensed its CDN service to a major US carrier.

Today was the first time the company has officially confirmed it has been working with a major Tier 1 US carrier, rumoured to be AT&T, for the past 12 months, and it has now reached General Acceptance with the carrier for the design, development and deployment of its CDN platform. The announcement comes three months after EdgeCast announced its licensing agreement with Asian carrier Pacnet.

EdgeCast has gone on to claim the Tier 1 US carrier reshaped its CDN strategy around EdgeCast’s technology platform –...


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