Juniper Networks and Nokia Siemens create a carrier ethernet company

^{Joint venture to manage end-to-end carrier ethernet solution portfolio} Juniper Networks and Nokia Siemens create a carrier ethernet company

5 Jun 2009 at 03:31 GMT Timo Poropudas

Juniper Networks, Inc., and Nokia Siemens Networks, Wednesday announced that the two companies plan 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 monetize 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, according to Nokia Siemens press release.

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 planned solution consists of Juniper Networks MX Series Ethernet Services Routers, Nokia Siemens Networks A-series Carrier Ethernet Switches as well as the end-to-end “point-and-click” network management system.