Akamai Expands Business Into Central and Eastern Europe

Forrester predicts the CEE region will reach overall Internet adoption rates of 54% within 2013(1) and according to PricewaterhouseCoopers(2), the number of broadband connections in the CEE region will reach 43.2 million in 2012, an increase of 10 million over the 2010 total of 32.9 million.  Additionally, Eurostat(3) reports that a significant portion of total commerce being conducted online in Europe is coming from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. With an increase in the number of major online news, sporting and entertainment events in the CEE region, there is a need for fast, reliable and secure content and Web application delivery, all of which are key Akamai offerings.

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