SHENZHEN, China, 10 December 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Xunlei Limited ("Xunlei" or "Company") (Nasdaq: XNET), a leading cloud-based bandwidth acceleration technology company in China, has announced today, the company and China Mobile IoT Company Limited ("CMIoT") have entered into a strategic partnership agreement to jointly develop the IoT solutions using the blockchain technology.
CMIoT, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile, focuses on the management of the IoT network, the design of IoT chips, the production of smart home applications and wearable devices, the development and management of the IOT board connection management platform, OneLink and open platform IOT, OneNET. Builds a complete architecture called "Cloud-Pipeline-Device".
Under the partnership agreement, Xunlei and CMIoT will jointly invest in the research and development of innovative applications of blockchain and IoT technologies. Both companies will also share the market intelligence of the latest industry trend, provide traffic support and strengthen product operations.
Qiao Hui, General Manager of CMIoT, said: "Xunlei is an innovative leader in blockchain and cloud computing technology and China Mobile has built one of the world's largest core IoT networks with over 500 million connections. ability blockchain and IoT to optimize the customer experience and drive technological innovation. "
Mr. Lei Chen, CEO of Xunlei, said: "China Mobile is a leading global telecommunications service provider and pioneers the adoption of IoT in China.Xunlei has unique strengths and experience in blockchain technology, including high-performance products such as ThunderChain and TCFS, I believe this partnership with CMIoT will facilitate our efforts to integrate these products into emerging IoT technologies to improve their efficiency and safety. "
About Xunlei
Xunlei Limited ("Xunlei") is a leading cloud-based bandwidth acceleration technology company in China. Xunlei runs a powerful cloud computing Internet platform in China to provide users with fast and easy access to digital media content through its core products and services, Xunlei Accelerator and cloud acceleration subscription services. Xunlei is increasingly spreading in mobile devices, partly through acceleration products pre-installed in mobile phones. Taking advantage of the extensive user base accumulated by Xunlei Accelerator, Xunlei has further developed several value-added services to meet a wider range of access to digital media content of its users and consumer needs.
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