Pacnet ties up with China Telecom Corporation Chongqing

Pacnet Business Solutions (China) (PBS) and China Telecom Corporation Chongqing (China Telecom) has announced a strategic partnership to advance data center and cloud development in the city of Chongqing. Under the partnership, China Telecom will establish new Points of Presence (PoPs) in Pacnet’s Chongqing data center, CQCS1, enhancing its capability and helping propel Chongqing as well as the Liangjiang New Area to the forefront of the cloud computing industry in China.

The partnership combines Pacnet’s unrivalled infrastructure in Asia-Pacific with China Telecom’s extensive network reach to provide customers that are collocated in the CQCS1 data center with low latency, reliable bandwidth and fully diverse connectivity to critical hubs throughout an expansive footprint. CQCS1 is the first Tier-III data center in Southwest China, providing flexible solutions that meet the expanding business requirements of multinational organizations.

“A significant milestone for Pacnet’s business in China, our strategic partnership with China Telecom enables us to provide low-latency and reliable services for customers with existing operations or expansion plans in Southwest China,” said Carl Grivner, Chief Executive Officer, Pacnet.

This collaboration expands on the Pacnet and China Telecom June 2013 Master Service Agreement (MSA) to provide IPVPN, Internet and data center services to global enterprise and carrier customers as well as cloud service providers looking to establish or expand their presence in China, one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing digital populations.