BY USING OPEN CACHING , WE CAN EASILY SCALE TO MEET DEMAND FOR LIVE STREAMING , VIDEO-ON- DEMAND , APPLICATION SERVICES WHILE PROVIDING CONTENT PROVIDERS WITH A PLATFORM BUILT ON OPEN APIS ACROSS AFRICA .
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Vodafone deploys Qwilt and Cisco at edge to build content delivery network in Africa
Qwilt and Cisco announced they will deploy their content delivery network for Vodafone , increasing the quality and capacity of Vodafone ’ s streaming delivery to its mobile and fixed broadband customers across Africa . Vodafone will embed the solution at the edge of its networks , closer to customers , so that they can receive highly responsive and quality streaming services . infrastructure . The solution gives Vodafone a telecommunication cloud platform for future CDN edge use cases .
This model will allow Vodafone to expand the solution and business opportunities to other content and application owners , and they in turn gain higher quality access to the millions of customers using Vodafone ’ s fast and reliable networks .
The deployment uses a joint solution from Qwilt and Cisco , integrating Qwilt ’ s Open Edge Cloud for Content Delivery platform with Cisco ’ s edge compute and networking
BY USING OPEN CACHING , WE CAN EASILY SCALE TO MEET DEMAND FOR LIVE STREAMING , VIDEO-ON- DEMAND , APPLICATION SERVICES WHILE PROVIDING CONTENT PROVIDERS WITH A PLATFORM BUILT ON OPEN APIS ACROSS AFRICA .
Following a successful trial in Italy , Vodafone will initially start deploying the service in seven countries across Europe and Africa . The rollout of services will progressively ramp up as Qwilt and Cisco work with additional service providers worldwide in a move to create the world ’ s largest federated CDN . This will be supported by a global , consistent edge cloud footprint that benefits content publishers , service providers and customers .
The solution , comprised of Qwilt ’ s Open Edge platform and Cisco ’ s Edge technology , provides Quality-as-a-Service content delivery by pushing content caching and delivery far out to the embedded edge of the network . Content publishers can get started quickly and use the joint solution to deliver content closer to users , significantly improving the viewing quality .
By harnessing the power of Open Caching , Vodafone is using its capabilities and position as a significant network operator to take an active role in effective content delivery , and to expand opportunities to monetise this value chain while enabling the next generation of content experiences across its markets .
Over 150 service providers have partnered with Qwilt to enable the open edge in their networks , serving over one billion unique subscribers globally . They include Vodafone in Africa . Giorgio Migliarina , Products and
Giorgio Migliarina , Products and Services Director , Vodafone Business
Services Director , Vodafone Business , said : “ Our partnership with Qwilt and Cisco enables Vodafone and its broadcast partners to deliver a superior streaming service to customers . It means less buffering and lower latency services for the end user .”
“ Also , by using open caching , we can more easily scale the service to meet the growing demands for live streaming , video-on-demand , and application services whilst providing content providers with a standardised platform built on Open APIs across multiple countries in Africa .”
Qwilt ’ s mission is to deliver connected experiences at the quality they were imagined . Qwilt ’ s open architecture and inclusive business model make local edge delivery more accessible than ever before , unlocking more reliable , higher quality-of-experience at greater scale than previously possible . Qwilt is a vendor of the Open Caching movement and a founding member of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance . Qwilt is backed by Accel Partners , Bessemer Venture Partners , Cisco Ventures , Disruptive , Innovation Endeavors , Marker , and Redpoint Ventures . p
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