Bharti Airtel partners Limelight for content delivery network

Bharti Airtel today said it has partnered with the US-based firm Limelight Networks for content delivery network services in India.

Limelight Networks helps speed up delivery of web content.

The deal will help Bharti provide solutions for delivery of rich media and enterprise applications. According to the company, the Indian CDN market was expected to grow to $100 million (around Rs 450 crore) by 2014.

Both the companies have set up CDN centres in Mumbai and Chennai to further their initiative.

Limelight Networks Vice President, EMEA and Asia, George Fraser said, "The Asian CDN market is growing at a rate of 32 per cent year-on-year. This partnership will help Limelight Networks lead the growth in one of the fastest growing emerging markets and partner world class telcos in delivering best in class services."

Bharti Airtel CDN delivers all forms of content regardless of the volume of Internet traffic.

The partnership will enable business customers to offer significantly faster content delivery to all Internet users without increasing their infrastructure costs.