Telekom Malaysia teams up with Level 3 Communications for caching services

Level 3 Communications, which provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers, has inked an agreement with Malaysian telco Telekom Malaysia to provide Internet localisation services which will enable Telekom Malaysia to cache high-demand content on its network locally in order to enhance Internet connectivity, network efficiency, reliability and security for both enterprise and consumer customers.
 
"Malaysia is a growing market, and our customers are increasingly demanding high-performing Internet services to support both business and personal needs. As such, working with Level 3 will definitely help to enhance Telekom Malaysia's customers' surfing experience and also provide a cost-saving prospect by reducing Telekom Malaysia's usage of international capacity," said Rozaimy Rahman, Executive VP, Global & Wholesale, Telekom Malaysia.

Level 3's Internet Localization service is an extension of its high-speed Internet services. It combines the company's content delivery network (CDN) with deep edge caching and high-speed IP to efficiently route traffic on Telekom Malaysia's network, making sure that high-demand, bandwidth-intensive content, such as high-definition video, is readily accessible online. 

"The rapidly increasing consumption of high-bandwidth content is changing the Internet landscape and altering the way communications providers configure and manage their network infrastructure," said Gary Breauninger, Level 3's Group VP of Strategic Enterprise and Wholesale Sales. 

"By leveraging the global reach of the Level 3 network to deliver content closer to high-demand population centres, we are able to dramatically improve content access and provide a richer Internet experience."
According to industry research conducted by Cisco, 90 percent of global consumer Internet traffic will be driven by video by 2015 (VNI Forecast Highlights Tool, 2010-2015). Traditional Internet architectures may restrict the ability of the industry to deliver on this growing demand for high-quality digital content, resulting in service degradation and poor viewing quality as content has to travel over a longer distance on remote networks.