TOKYO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, announced today that the company, together with its technical partner, Cyan (NYSE: CYNI), has won the Carrier Ethernet Project of the Year award in this year’s Telecom Asia Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards.

This award recognizes KVH and Cyan’s collaboration on KVH etherXEN as the best Carrier Ethernet Project of the Year for its scalability, virtual functionality, SDN capabilities, management, global reach and as a solution central to the delivery of Carrier Ethernet. Telecom Asia, a leading online information source for telecom companies and professionals across Asia Pacific Telecom, announced KVH and Cyan as the winner of the best Carrier Ethernet Project in 2014 during the Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards event in Singapore on December 4, 2014.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized for KVH’s progress in delivering innovative Ethernet services across Asia Pacific. Working with Cyan, we have been able to accelerate our support of key SDN features such as on-demand provisioning and dynamic bandwidth allocation,” said Gint Atkinson, Vice President, Technology, Network Strategy & Architecture at KVH. “We will continue to be on the forefront of Ethernet service development and this award acknowledges our efforts and leadership in this space.”

Telecom Asia Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards

The Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards are held annually to recognize the innovations and contributions to the industry of the top telecom suppliers operating in Asia Pacific. Award nominations were made by analysts and consultants, with the final vote given to Telecom Asia’s subscriber base of service provider executives across Asia Pacific.

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