Level 3 Communications and Optus sign CDN agreement

Level 3 Communications and Optus Wholesale and Satellite today announced that Level 3 is providing deep-edge caching services that will enable Optus to locally cache high-demand content on its network. The agreement gives Optus quicker access to content, while growing Level 3’s content delivery network (CDN) capacity in Australia by 300%.

The move is in response to growing demand for reliable, fast and high quality streaming video globally, including in Australia. According to Adobe’s most recent Video Benchmark Report, online TV video consumption grew 388% from 2013 to 2014.

Through its collaboration with Level 3, Optus can now offer its millions of customers faster deliveries and improved delivery completion rates as well as scale on demand to handle traffic spikes without affecting quality. In addition, Optus can resell Level 3’s CDN services across Australia.

“It’s critical for Optus Wholesale and Satellite to be able to facilitate content delivery from customers to end-users efficiently and in a way that elevates the end-user experience. Through Level 3’s CDN, we are able to improve the consumption of video, music, photo and data content over the Internet, not just locally within Australia, but also across the globe,” said Rob Parcell, Managing Director of Optus Wholesale and Satellite. “Broadcasting customers and website owners with rich media content will benefit from the deployment of this CDN network.”

“The explosion of over-the-top (OTT) and other Internet video content can put a lot of strain on a network, creating issues in picture quality, speed and reliability,” said John Blount, Regional President of North America and Asia for Level 3. “By putting our CDN servers on Optus’ network, we are enabling a better streaming video experience to Australian consumers, as well as creating a way for enterprises to leverage our CDN network for their content needs.”