BANGALORE, INDIA: Juniper Networks, a networking solutions provider, and Nokia Siemens Networks, a telecommunications services provider, announced a joint venture aimed at the carrier Ethernet market. 

The companies said the venture will be headquartered in the Netherlands and extend their previous partnership

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. 

Bernd Schumacher, head of Broadband Connectivity Solutions business unit, Nokia Siemens Networks, said: "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."

Manoj Leelanivas, senior vice president and general manager, Juniper 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 monetize the network with new revenue-generating services and lower transport costs."