New Mobile Backhaul Solution Debuts BX 7000; Speeds Deployment of

High-Bandwidth Services and Enhances Flexibility, Scale and Operational Efficiency

Juniper Networks, Inc, the high-performance networking provider, announced that it is broadening its mobile solutions portfolio with the addition of an integrated set of new hardware systems and software features for mobile backhaul. Providing flexible support for multi-generation radio and multi-transport technologies, Juniper’s new Mobile Backhaul Solution enables operators to scale their backhaul network for innovative service deployments, while reducing operational expenses.

With the growth in high-bandwidth data services requiring upgrades to mobile backhaul networks, operators today are increasingly challenged with legacy backhaul architectures that are expensive, inflexible, inefficient and limited in scale. Juniper Networks is addressing these challenges with the introduction of the new BX 7000 Multi-Access Gateway for the cell site and new M-series Circuit Emulation Physical Interface Cards for the aggregation site. The solution introduces comprehensive network management capabilities through new enhancements to the JUNOScope framework, as well as the capability for zero-touch deployments.

According to the Infonetics Research Mobile Backhaul Equipment Worldwide Market Size and Forecast Report published in September 2007, mobile operators are investing in packet backhaul to reduce the cost per bit, as well as scaling the backhaul bottleneck to support the rapid uptake of the mobile data services. As a result, Infonetics reports that operators and mobile backhaul transport providers are investing in backhaul equipment, which resulted in $4.5 billion in expenditures in 2007, and projects the market to grow to $8.2 billion in 2010, with IP/MPLS/Ethernet packet equipment growing fastest.