TOKYO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, announced today that the company has won the 2014 Metro Ethernet Forum (“MEF”) Best Service of the Year Award for the Asia Pacific region.

This award recognizes KVH’s etherXEN as the best Carrrier Ethernet service in the Asia Pacific region for its scalability, virtual functionality, SDN capabilities, management, global reach and as a solution central to the delivery of Carrier Ethernet. MEF, the global industry body for Carrier Ethernet with the mission to accelerate worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services, announced KVH as a winner during the MEF Global Ethernet Networking event in Washington D.C. on November 18, 2014.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized for KVH’s progress in delivering innovative Ethernet services across Asia Pacific. KVH has prided itself as being at the forefront of Ethernet service development and this award acknowledges our efforts and leadership in this space.” Said Gint Atkinson, Vice President, Technology, Network Strategy & Architecture at KVH.

About the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)

Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is the global industry body for Carrier Ethernet with the mission to accelerate worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. MEF’s global industry alliance comprises more than 220 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organization. The independent judging panel for the APAC MEF awards was made up of global and regional industry analysts.

About KVH

KVH is an Asia Pacific IT Services and Data Center Services Provider established in Japan. KVH’s Information Delivery Platform delivers integrated cloud and network solutions and best-in-class service to its customers. KVH owns infrastructure and provides services that enable clients to store, process, protect and deliver their vital business information. KVH provides IT Services, Cloud Services, Data Center Services, Managed Network Services, and Professional Services.

KVH operates the lowest latency network in Japan, and with over 500 financial services customers, is the leading provider of ultra-low-latency network and proximity hosting solutions to the high-frequency trading community in Tokyo and Osaka. KVH also offers low-latency connectivity services between major financial markets in the Asia/Pacific region and the US including Tokyo, Chicago, Aurora, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul/Busan, and Sydney. More information on KVH can be found at www.kvhasia.com/en/.

CONTACT:

KVH Co., Ltd.
Naoko Minobe, +81-3-4560-7104
Corporate Communications
press@kvh.co.jp
or
Edelman Japan
Saori Adachi / Akiko Asami / Kiyomitsu Nakata, +81-3-6858-7731