SAN FRANCISCO -- Reliance Globalcom and Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR - News), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that Reliance Globalcom is upgrading its metro network in the U.S. with Juniper’s high-performance MX-series Ethernet Services Routers and M120 Multiservice Edge Routers to support 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and beyond in major metropolitan areas. The upgrade extends Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) to the network edge, improving network performance and ensuring scalability to address forthcoming demands for additional capacity.

Juniper Networks’ high-performance network infrastructure has been a key part of the Reliance Globalcom core network in all international PoP’s. Reliance Globalcom is now integrating the new Juniper equipment into its Juniper-based global Ethernet VPLS platform. With this deployment, Reliance Globalcom will gain a service-enabling network infrastructure that is capable of scaling to support VoIP, high-definition video conferencing, backup and recovery, electronic trading and other multi-media business applications. The new network also ensures carrier-class service reliability, which is essential to enterprise and financial services customers.

“Reliance Globalcom prides itself on continually optimizing its networks to offer customers the most in performance and scalability. Juniper’s platform enables us to scale our metro area Ethernet network as the need dictates,” said Shankar Narayanaswamy, regional vice president, Access Network, Data Division, Reliance Globalcom. “Juniper’s focus on carrier-class reliability underscores its commitment to resilient, high-performance equipment. Juniper’s products are essential to keeping us at the cutting edge.”

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