PCCW Global has won the Project of the Year at the Asia Communications Awards for its connectivity solution developed specifically for competitive eSports gaming.
PCCW Global acted as the international connectivity partner for the 2016 League of Legends Master Series (LMS) Summer Playoffs Grand Final in Hong Kong.
The League of Legends is the ultimate competitive eSports competition during which gamers fight online in front of millions of viewers, sometimes exceeding 300 individual actions per minute. PCCW Global recognized the need for a superfast solution for these conditions, where the servers are located remotely from the gamers but the response times must be instantaneous, and worked to provide a very high-speed, low latency and highly responsive connectivity service to match.
PCCW Global delivered the solution in 14 days, providing direct fiber connectivity between the event in Hong Kong and gaming servers in Taiwan via two dedicated 1,000Mbps capacity fiber connections.
High-speed internet access provided by the team streamed live coverage of the five-hour LMS Summer Playoffs Grand Final worldwide in three languages via various website platforms like Twitch and YouTube.
Mike van den Bergh, CMO of PCCW Global, said, “PCCW Global was extremely proud to receive the Asia Communications Award’s Project of the Year. We have delivered both the best possible gaming experience for the professional players competing, and the best possible live streaming experience for spectators around the world, ensuring super low latency and ultra-reliability for the full five-hour competition, with extensive onsite support. Our message here is simple – PCCW Global is 100% committed to eSports and a tailored connectivity solution for gamers globally.”
