Juniper Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks To Form Carrier Ethernet JV

The joint venture will offer a Carrier Ethernet solution for mobile backhaul, business and residential broadband networks. Incorporated in Amsterdam under the name ‘Carrier Ethernet Solutions BV’, the joint venture company will be owned 60 percent by Juniper Networks and 40 percent by Nokia Siemens Networks.

“The Juniper-Nokia Siemens Networks joint venture will offer a unified Carrier Ethernet solution from metro access to aggregation, fully interoperable with IP/ MPLS core and managed by Nokia Siemens Networks ‘point and click’ network management system,” said incoming CEO John Stewart. “Our customers will be able to leverage the solution to offer new revenue-generating services while lowering transport costs and total cost of ownership. We look forward to offering this solution to new and existing service provider customers.”

The solution will consist of Juniper Networks MX Series Ethernet Services Routers and Nokia Siemens Networks’ A-series Carrier Ethernet Switches and end-to-end network management system including ‘point-and-click’ provisioning. The joint venture will integrate these components into a seamless and fully-tested end-to-end solution.

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The plans call for the new solutions to be sold by both companies with a targeted introduction date of the first calendar quarter of 2010.