News Verizon partners with Bharti for content delivery in India

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Verizon Digital Media Services on Tuesday announced a new partnership with India’s largest telecommunications provider, Bharti Airtel Limited, to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four Indian cities.

The PoP installations, located in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi, will leverage Airtel’s infrastructure to provide Verizon’s digital media platform services across the country.

"We are expanding our content delivery network in strategic markets that our customers care about, and we have found a long-term partner in Airtel Business," Verizon Digital Media Services Chief Technology Officer Rob Peters said. "The launch of these strategic PoPs marks the beginning of a strong partnership between Verizon and Airtel Business and further cements our commitment to providing consumers in India, one of the fastest-growing markets for digital media consumption, with exceptional services and quality.”


Verizon Targets Content Delivery in India with Airtel Partnership

 

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A point of presence (PoP) is an artificial demarcation point OR interface point between communicating entities. It may include a meet-me-room.

An Internet point of presence is an access point to the Internet. It is a physical location that houses servers, routers, ATM switches and digital/analog call aggregators. It may be either part of the facilities of a telecommunications provider that the Internet service provider (ISP) rents or a location separate from the telecommunications provider. ISPs typically have multiple PoPs, sometimes numbering in the thousands.[citation needed] PoPs are also located at Internet exchange points and colocation centres.[2]