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SINGAPORE, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- Collaboration to help meet transformational needs of customers who require

large-scale, high performing global content distribution for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Lumen Technologies (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3024030-1&h=1484623920&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lumen.com%2F&a=Lumen+Technologies )

(NYSE: LUMN) announced today a newly established relationship with J-Stream

Inc (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3024030-1&h=3490018823&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stream.co.jp%2Fenglish%2Fprofile%2F&a=J-Stream+Inc ).

(J-Stream) to deliver secure, scalable and high performing Content Delivery

Network (CDN) services to customers in Japan. The collaboration allows both

companies to better meet the requirements of major corporations, broadcasters,

and video game and over-the-top (OTT) operators in the country that require

large-scale, global distribution of content.

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The Asia Pacific CDN market is experiencing disruptive growth due to the

rapidly increasing number of Internet subscribers and consumption of content

over smartphones and other portable devices. The CDN market in Asia Pacific and

Japan is projected to record the highest growth rate in 2020, increasing 31.7%

year over year, according to IDC Worldwide Content Delivery Network Forecast,

2020–2024 (#US45289220, May 2020) (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3024030-1&h=1527861935&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idc.com%2Fgetdoc.jsp%3FcontainerId%3DUS45289220%26pageType%3DPRINTFRIENDLY&a=IDC+Worldwide+Content+Delivery+Network+Forecast%2C+2020%E2%80%932024+(%23US45289220%2C+May+2020) ).

To support this demand, Lumen recently doubled its CDN footprint in key APAC

markets, strengthening its capacity in 11 major cities across the region. In

Japan, local points of presence in Osaka and Tokyo promote high-performance

delivery of video and web applications, while an in-country network operations

center (NOC) and Japanese customer success teams offer tailored support across

the Lumen portfolio. Additionally, Lumen offers a comprehensive application

delivery platform encompassing video and web delivery, mesh delivery

technology, multi-CDN orchestration, digital download optimization,

high-performance object-based storage, as well as edge computing. The Lumen CDN

is trusted by 9 of the world's 10 largest media companies.  

Melissa Margolius, Senior Director, Wholesale Sales, Lumen Technologies Asia

Pacific, commented: "Together with J-Stream, we aim to help customers in Japan

deliver their rich content to audiences and users globally, reliably and

successfully. Customers will be able to tap into Lumen's high-performance,

extensive global delivery network and benefit from our edge-based service

offerings and key features like our object storage capabilities. In recent

months, we have also expanded our global delivery models, especially across

Asia Pacific and Latin America, to enable our customers to deliver their

content in some of the hardest to reach locations in the world."

J-Stream, the first company to offer streaming services to Japan since its

inception in 1997, brings unparalleled experiences, local market knowledge and

a strong track record in the online video spectrum to the collaboration.

Mayumi Hayasaka, Corporate Officer, CDN & Video Platform Business Unit,

J-Stream said: "Today, we are seeing tremendous demand for large-scale

distribution of content amongst Japanese and international companies based

here. This stems from the large-scale events we have in Japan that is of

interest internationally, as well as video games with a huge global following,

and video and audio content that is popular all over the world. In addition,

Internet traffic is on a significant upward trend, and is expected to continue

to increase in the future considering recent world events, the spread of

telework, and an exponential increase in online events. The scale and strength

of Lumen's network will allow us to expand our services and we also look

forward to leveraging a multi-CDN configuration including Lumen CDN to further

ensure the reliability and stability of our content delivery services to customers."

Additional Resources:

    - More information about the Lumen CDN platform can be found here

(https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3024030-1&h=1308137646&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscover.lumen.com%2Fl%2Fmedia-innovation&a=here. ).

    - Explore the Lumen global network here (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3024030-1&h=1380399898&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lumen.com%2Fen-sg%2Fresources%2Fnetwork-maps.html&a=here ).

About Lumen Technologies:

Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology

advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fiber miles

and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most

secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and

communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen network,

edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose

to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn:

/lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies,

Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen

Technologies are registered trademarks of Lumen Technologies LLC in the United

States. Lumen Technologies LLC is a wholly owned affiliate of CenturyLink Inc.

* The Lumen brand was launched on Sept. 14, 2020. As a result, CenturyLink Inc.

is referred to as Lumen Technologies, or simply Lumen. The legal name

CenturyLink, Inc. is expected to be formally changed to Lumen Technologies,

Inc. upon the completion of all applicable requirements.

About J-Stream:

J-Stream Inc. is synonymous with streaming services in Japan since its

foundation in 1997 as the first company to offer streaming services. With

J-Stream's own CDN as the core, the company offers end-to-end video business

solutions from content distribution to creative services and video ad services.

Besides having an unparalleled track record and vast experiences on many

important projects in the online video spectrum, J-Stream has the largest

market share in Japanese online video platform market today.

SOURCE: Lumen Technologies

CONTACT: Lumen Technologies, Darryn Lim, t: +65-67688085, e:

darryn.lim@lumen.com or Ying Communications (a FINN Partners company),

Cheryl Tan, t: +65-93737821, e: lumenprasia@finnpartners.com