Wangsu Science & Technology
{{Short description|Content delivery network}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd (网宿科技股份有限公司)
| logo = File:Wangsu Science & Technology logo.png
| caption =
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{unbulleted list|{{SZSE|300017}}|SZSE 300|CSI 300}}
| genre = Internet
| products = Website Acceleration
Stream Acceleration
Enterprise Acceleration
| foundation = {{Start date|2000}}
| predecessor =
| founder = Chen Baozhen
(Co-Founder)
| location_city = Beijing
| location_country = China
| key_people = [https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/16544379-chengyan-liu Chengyan Liu]{{cite news|title=Shanghai Wangsu Science & Technology Co.(SHE:300017)|url=https://www.google.com/finance/?cid=12779499|agency=Google Finance|date=April 25, 2017}}
(CEO, President)
Ke Hong
(Vice Chairman, Vice President, CTO)
Wei Jiang
Vice President, CFO
Liping Zhou
Vice President, Secretary
Minjian Chu
Vice President, Director
| assets =
| equity =
| owner =
| num_employees = 2,846 {{cite news|title=ChinaNetCenter|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?capId=69237321|agency=Bloomberg|date=April 25, 2017}}
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid = Quantil, Inc.{{cite news|title=Quantil, Inc.: Private Company Information|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=340612057|agency=Bloomberg|date=April 25, 2017}}
Quantil Networks, Inc.{{cite news|title=Quantil Networks, Inc. in Pasadena, CA|url=http://listings.findthecompany.com/l/770266880/Quantil-Networks-Inc-in-Pasadena-CA|agency=FindTheCompany|date=April 25, 2017}}
Quantil Technology (Ireland) Limited{{cite news|title=Quantil Technology (Ireland) Limited - Irish Business Info|url=http://www.vision-net.ie/Company-Info/Quantil-Technology-Ireland-Limited-583297|agency=Vision-Net|date=April 25, 2017}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://en.wangsu.com/}}
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Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ({{zh|s=网宿科技股份有限公司}}) is a China-based company that provides content delivery network (CDN) and Internet data center (IDC) services. It was founded in 2000 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2009.
It operates businesses in China as ChinaNetCenter Co., and overseas markets as Quantil, Inc. for CDN services and Quantil Networks, Inc. for IDC services.
Corporate affairs
The largest shareholder is Chen Baozhen, who co-founded one of the predecessor companies of Wangsu, holding 21% of the shares of the company.{{cite news|title=New Faces On The 2015 Forbes China Rich List|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/10/29/new-faces-on-the-2015-forbes-china-rich-list/#3749746a4c73|agency=Forbes|date=October 29, 2015}}
Its Chinese domestic markets are divided into East China, South China, North China, Central China, the western region and the northeast region.
Acquisitions
In February 2017, the company announced its acquisition of South Korean competitor CDNetworks for 21.1 billion yen ($185 million) to continue expanding its network and business operations outside of China. The deal involved purchasing 85% percent of CDNetworks’ shares from KDDI.{{cite news|title=Content Delivery Specialist Goes Global with $186 Million Purchase|url=https://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-02-23/101058555.html|publisher=Caixin Global|date=February 23, 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://en.wangsu.com/}}
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Category:Content delivery networks
Category:Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Category:Internet technology companies of China
Category:Companies based in Beijing