Juniper Networks Inc. and NEC Corp. of Japan, global provider of IT/Network solutions, today announced their plans to expand their existing relationship to include development of IMS-based FMC solutions for the service provider market.
“By working to combine NEC’s advanced products and solutions for fixed and mobile networks with Juniper Networks carrier-class IP routers, Broadband Remote Access Server and security products, we expect to come one step closer to merging the Internet with the cellular world,” said Botaro Hirosaki, Ph.D., executive vice president of NEC.
The open, access-independent architecture and common IP transport network used in IMS-FMC represents a fundamental departure from the one-service, one-network approach of prior network expansions. Once the common IP backbone is in place, operators can rapidly deploy new services by adding new products to their IMS-FMC network to support that service — incurring only small incremental capital expenses and minimal operating expenses in the process, said the companies.
Together, NEC and Juniper Networks plan to enable mobile carriers, fixed carriers and emerging wireless Internet service providers to offer converged services over a single IP network by combining NEC’s advanced products and solutions for fixed and mobile networks with Juniper Networks carrier-class IP core and edge routers and security products. Both companies agreed to use and enhance existing standards-based interfaces and conform to architectural standards defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and Telecoms & Internet converged Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks (TISPAN) standardization bodies.
The relationship between NEC and Juniper Networks originated in Japan in 2001.
Juniper Networks Inc. www.juniper.net
NEC Corp. www.nec.com
