Juniper Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks to create joint venture 
ConvergenceAsia staff
09/06/2009

Juniper Networks, a leading global provider of high-performance networking, and Nokia Siemens Networks, a leading global enabler of telecommunications services, are planning to form a joint venture to address the Carrier Ethernet Transport market.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, the joint venture will be dedicated to managing and executing the Carrier Ethernet portfolio roadmap, and extends the previously announced partnership enhancement designed to deliver to service provider customers a fully interoperable Carrier Ethernet solution for mobile backhaul, business services and residential broadband networks. The planned solution will enable customers to monetise their networks through a faster time-to-market for new revenue-generating services and by improving network efficiency, which in turn will drive down transport costs.

This planned structure will allow both companies to contribute the necessary products and support to enable meeting the end-to-end portfolio needs of some 200 joint service provider customers worldwide. The solution consists of Juniper Networks MX Series Ethernet Services Routers, Nokia Siemens Networks A-series Carrier Ethernet Switches as well as Nokia Siemens’ end-to-end “point-and-click” network management system.

“Our planned joint solution has been well-received by our mutual customers. Through the combination of the metro aggregation and metro access and network management strengths of each company, this planned partnership enables both Juniper and Nokia Siemens Networks to bring our joint vision of an extremely efficient, easy to manage unified Carrier Ethernet solution supporting all services on a single network to life,” said Bernd Schumacher, head of Broadband Connectivity Solutions business unit, Nokia Siemens Networks.

The combination of Nokia Siemens Networks' leadership in metro access and network management and Juniper's strength in Carrier Ethernet metro aggregation applications "will enable our customers to more effectively monetise the network with new revenue-generating services and lower transport costs," said Manoj Leelanivas, senior vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks.

The targeted introduction date is the fourth calendar quarter of 2009.

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