Private company

CDNetworks

Content delivery network

Founded in 2000, CDNetworks is a full-service content delivery network (CDN) which provides technology, network infrastructure, and customer services for the delivery of Internet content and applications. The company is positioning itself as a multinational provider of content delivery services, with a particular emphasis on emerging Internet markets, including South America, India and China. The company's content delivery network consists of 1,500 Point of Presence (PoPs) on five continents.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 1, 2000Founded1
  • IndustryContent Delivery Network, content delivery network1
  • HeadquartersSeoul1
  • Websitewww.cdnetworks.com

Founded in 2000, CDNetworks is a full-service content delivery network (CDN) which provides technology, network infrastructure, and customer services for the delivery of Internet content and applications. The company is positioning itself as a multinational provider of content delivery services, with a particular emphasis on emerging Internet markets, including South America, India and China. The company's content delivery network consists of 1,500 Point of Presence (PoPs) on five continents. Services include CDN, video acceleration, DDoS protection, cloud storage, cloud access security broker (CASB), web application firewall (WAF) and managed DNS with cloud load balancing. Key differentiators include a large number of global PoPs, good network presence in China and Russia, and high-profile clients such as Forbes, Samsung and Hyundai. CDNetworks has offices in the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan, UK and Singapore.2

The story

On December 20, 2007, CDNetworks raised $96.5 million from Oak Investment Partners, Shinhan Private Equity and Goldman Sachs International.

On February 25, 2009, CDNetworks acquired Panther Express.

On October 21, 2011, Japanese Telco KDDI bought Content Delivery Network CDNetworks for $167 million.

On 26 March, 2017, Wangsu Science & Technology bought 100% of shares from KDDI for $185.72 million.

From Wikipedia’s article on CDNetworks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. May 1, 2000Founded Founded1

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