Juniper-Nokia Siemens JV gets regulatory approval

BANGALORE, INDIA: Juniper Networks, Inc., the leader in high-performance networking, and Nokia Siemens Networks, a global enabler of telecommunications services, today announced that they have been granted regulatory approvals to form a joint venture that addresses the Carrier Ethernet market.

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 B.V.,” the joint venture company will be owned 60 percent by Juniper Networks and 40 percent by Nokia Siemens Networks, said a press release.

John Stewart, previously vice president and general manager of the Mobility and Circuit Emulation Business Unit at Juniper Networks, will lead the joint venture company as chief executive officer. Ton van den Boom, previously senior manager in finance and control from Nokia Siemens Networks, will take on the role of chief financial officer.

The company will also have a supervisory board chaired by Manoj Leelanivas, senior vice president and general manager of the Edge and Aggregation Business Unit at Juniper Networks, while Bernd Schumacher, head of Broadband Connectivity Solutions at Nokia Siemens Networks, will serve as vice chairman, the release added.

“The Juniper-NSN joint venture will offer the industry’s best 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.

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.